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		<title>New Book Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Book for Writers, Linguists, Anthropolgists and Lovers of Language by Carolyn Howard-Johnson  •  Jan. 30, 2012 (originally reviewed for MyShelf.com) If you don’t love language, it’s a good bet you aren’t a writer. But if you’re a writer, reading more about language (linguistics (?)) may not be high on your list of priorities. It’s so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/new-book-review/</link>
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		<title>The Moscow News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a…what? by Mark H. Teeter at 17/10/2011 At the end of the movie Gone with the Wind, Rhett Butler leaves his mercurial wife Scarlett with perhaps the most memorable line in the history of cinema. To the entreaties “Where shall I go? What shall I do?”, the dashing Captain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/frankly-my-dear-i-don%e2%80%99t-give-a%e2%80%a6what-2/</link>
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		<title>Hardwired to Prevaricate?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Suzi Steffen · September 22, 2011 Euphemania: Our Love Affair With Euphemisms by Ralph Keyes “I prefer not to say we are killing other people,” an American artillery captain said during the Gulf War. ‘I prefer to say we are ‘servicing the target.’” Ah yes, servicing the target. Once you’ve read Ralph Keyes’—at first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/hardwired-to-prevaricate/</link>
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		<title>The Register-Guard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some words designed to delude The shady art of the euphemism has been used to veil body parts and deceive investors By Diane Dietz The Register-Guard Published: Monday, Sep 26, 201 When the stock market takes a tumble, as it does on a regular basis these days, the experts on Wall Street call it a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/press-euphemania/the-register-guard/</link>
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		<title>Book tackles origins, paths of history’s famous quotations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By David Murdock Special to The Gadsen Times Friday, July 22, 2011 I love quotations in general. I collect musings of the great minds like some people collect stamps. My notebooks are full of scrawled quotations and attributions. The short, pithy encapsulation of a truth impresses me greatly. After all, William Shakespeare said, “Brevity is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/quote/reviews-quote/book-tackles-origins-paths-of-history%e2%80%99s-famous-quotations/</link>
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		<title>Euphemisms: The Politics of Language</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reviewed: Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms, by Ralph Keyes. New York. Little, Brown and Company, 2010. As Ralph Keyes notes in his book Euphemania, “Euphemisms can have a bright side and a dark side.” They can be a source of evasion, a way to avoid topics that should be confronted, a way of choosing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/euphemisms-the-politics-of-language/</link>
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		<title>Toward Freedom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Euphemisms: The Politics of Language June 16, 2011 Reviewed: Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms, by Ralph Keyes. New York. Little, Brown and Company, 2010. As Ralph Keyes notes in his book Euphemania, “Euphemisms can have a bright side and a dark side.” They can be a source of evasion, a way to avoid topics [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/toward-freedom/</link>
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		<title>Weeklyseven.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Euphemania: Our Love Affair With Euphemisms June 16th, 2011 Ralph Keyes’ Euphemania: Our Love Affair With Euphemisms (Little, Brown and Co., 2010) will delight anyone who loves words, their origins and the way that they reflect cultural intentions, subterfuges and biases. Keyes defines euphemisms as words or phrases substituted for ones that make us uneasy: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/weeklyseven-com/</link>
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		<title>Star Tribune</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EUPHEMANIA By Ralph Keyes (Little, Brown and Co., 279 pages, $24.99) Ever ponder what makes a nacho chip &#8220;authentic&#8221; or &#8220;restaurant-style&#8221;? Or why it&#8217;s a &#8220;courtesy call&#8221; when the credit-card company tries to push something over the phone? Ralph Keyes explores such obfuscation when it comes to food, drunkenness, medicine, the military, money, sex, death [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/star-tribune/</link>
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		<title>Christian Science Monitor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Euphemistically speaking / The impulse to find more refined ways to talking about unpleasant truths is a constant of the human experience; what changes over time are the topics deemed to need sugarcoating. By Ruth Walker / April 19, 2011 When two different colleagues suggest I should pay attention to a book, I tend to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/press-euphemania/christian-science-monitor/</link>
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		<title>Figuring Out the Small Stuff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Book Review: Euphemania by Ralph Keyes It took me longer to finish this book than the others.  Probably because it’s a nonfiction book that talks about euphemisms.  Since it wasn’t a story with a plot, I didn’t read it as consistently. So, here is my first nonfiction read of the year…Euphemania: Our Love Affair with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/small-stuff/</link>
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		<title>Collateral Bloggage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in January, I saw Ralph Keyes&#8217;s Euphemania: Our Love Affair With Euphemisms come through on the Washington County Libraries New Materials RSS feed, and I just knew i had to read it.  It met my very tough and extremely arbitrary criteria of &#8220;having to do with science, math, history, or language or practically anything [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/collateral-bloggage/</link>
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		<title>Gintastic Reads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m a word nerd, but I don’t often read books about language. I’m not sure if this is because I get enough of grammar at work, or because as a hopeless smartypants I prefer to feel like I know it all already, or because I’m afraid that once I get started I won’t be able [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/gintastic-reads/</link>
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		<title>Amazon Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***** 5 Stars Love this book &#8211; I actually bought two &#8211; one for me and I sent one to my daughter. It is a really interesting and easy read that makes you think about where some of our language has come from. Will pass it on to others when I&#8217;ve finished it.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/amazon-review-2/</link>
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		<title>Publishers Weekly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a lively examination of catch phrases in his previous book, I Love It When You Talk Retro, Keyes takes on the use of euphemisms. With a variegated assortment of verbal evasions, which he sees as tools for discussing touchy topics, Keyes suggests that euphemisms provide &#8220;an accurate barometer of changing attitudes.&#8221; He covers everything [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gambling the Planet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Between nuclear power plants spewing radiation in Japan, fighting over oil fields in Libya, the Gulf oil spill off Louisiana, sundry coal mine disasters, and water pollution resulting from “fracking” for natural gas all over the U.S., might Mother Nature be trying to tell us something?  I’d say so.  It has never been more clear [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/gambling-the-planet/</link>
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		<title>Amazon Review: Explores the history, culture and literature of euphemisms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***** 5 stars EUPHEMANIA: OUR LOVE AFFAIR WITH EUPHEMISMS explores the history, culture and literature of euphemisms, offering a lively discussion tracing the origins and changing usage of language. Politics, doublespeak and social commentary blend in a hilarious, pointed and fun literary and social assessment filled with examples and perfect for any general lending library. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/amazon-review/</link>
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		<title>Amazon Review: Fun with Words</title>
		<description><![CDATA[**** 4 stars This is the first e-book that I ever read. Not that it&#8217;s relevant to the review of the book itself, but somehow it seems important to note following all of the physical books that I&#8217;ve reviewed on Amazon since 2001. I heard the author interviewed on the radio and the topic of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/amazon-review-fun-with-words/</link>
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		<title>Euphemism of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While driving from Ohio to Philadelphia and back I was struck by how many stores beside I 70 sell “adult,” which is to say pornographic, items.  So is “adult” now so synonymous with &#8220;pornography&#8221; that it can no longer be used in polite company?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/euphemism-of-the-week-12/</link>
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		<title>Tampa Tribune</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Euphemisms: Only your cognoscenti know what you mean &#8220;Euphemania: Our Love Affair With Euphemisms&#8221; by Ralph Keyes (Little, Brown, $24.99) Was Shakespeare right? Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet? Surely, being Shakespeare, he was right, his point being that what matters is what something is, not what it is called. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/tampa-tribune-3/</link>
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		<title>Writers Read</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ralph Keyes&#8217; books include The Courage to Write and I Love It When You Talk Retro. He has written for Esquire, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, GQ, Newsweek, and Harper&#8217;s. His new book is Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms. Keyes lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where he writes, lectures, and is a Trustee of the Antioch Writers&#8217; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/writers-read/</link>
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		<title>technorati.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reviewed by: FC Etier Published: February 27, 2011 at 11:43 am “You son-of-a-bitch!” like many exclamations takes on a different meaning with different voice inflections and in different contexts. Remember the old story of the preacher who was mad but wouldn’t curse, so he told his adversary, “When you get home, I hope your mother [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/technorati-com/</link>
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		<title>Tampa Bay Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Euphemisms: Only your cognoscenti know what you mean BY ROGER K. MILLER Published: February 27, 2011 &#8220;Euphemania: Our Love Affair With Euphemisms&#8221; by Ralph Keyes (Little, Brown, $24.99) Was Shakespeare right? Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet? Surely, being Shakespeare, he was right, his point being that what matters is what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/tamp-bay-online/</link>
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		<title>Columbus Dispatch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So to Speak &#124; Joe Blundo commentary: Euphemisms waged, won &#8216;incursion&#8217; on language Sunday, February 20, 2011 I was reading a book about euphemisms just as federal spending was being relabeled &#8220;investments&#8221; and new dietary guidelines turned hamburgers into &#8220;solid fats and added sugar.&#8221; The government can&#8217;t talk without euphemisms, but, then again, neither can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/press-euphemania/columbus-dispatch-3/</link>
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		<title>Euphemism of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the runup to the Super Bowl, a journalist visiting Pittsburgh found that locals thought little of the Steelers&#8217; quarterback.  The journalist reported that they considered Ben Roethlisberger a &#8220;jagoff.&#8221;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/euphemism-of-the-week-11/</link>
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		<title>PasteMagazine.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once during a dinner party, British statesman Winston Churchill asked the server for a breast of chicken. A woman sitting next to Churchill scolded him for uttering the vulgar word “breast.” Churchill wondered how he should have phrased the request to the server. “White meat,” came the reply. The next day, Churchill sent the woman [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/pastemagazine-com/</link>
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		<title>Boston Globe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don’t say it: The art of dodging bad words February 13, 2011 What could be more fun than mocking yesterday’s euphemisms? Open a copy of Mencken’s “The American Language” and you find our American forebears exclaiming “nerts!” (to avoid the naughty “nuts!”) and calling their legs “limbs” or “benders.” Then there are the benighted Brits, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/press-euphemania/boston-globe-2/</link>
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		<title>Ralph on NPR&#8217;s All Things Considered</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ralph recently appeared on NPR&#8217;s All Things Considered program. Transcript below: MELISSA BLOCK, host: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I&#8217;m Melissa Block. ROBERT SIEGEL, host: And I&#8217;m Robert Siegel. In his new book about euphemisms, Ralph Keyes takes me back to browsing through a book on my parents&#8217; bookshelf about 50 years [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/whats-new/ralph-on-nprs-atc/</link>
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		<title>Euphemism of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During her campaign for mayor of Chicago, Carol Mosely Braun  said she had “an advanced degree from Harvard.”  She doesn’t.  Her campaign later said Braun “misspoke.”]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/euphemism-of-the-week-8/</link>
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		<title>Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coming soon. Please check back shortly, as the website is currently in the process of being updated.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/wilde/internet-wilde/internet-14/</link>
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		<title>Press</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coming soon. Please check back shortly, as the website is currently in the process of being updated.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/wilde/press-wilde/press-8/</link>
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		<title>Reviews from Amazon.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[5 Stars This compendium of quotes from Oscar Wilde is arranged by subject matter alphabetically and provides a great deal of entertainment for $7 bucks. Not to mention it is the ultimate source for witty quotations to make you the life of the party. Seriously, a great book to page through at random for some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/wilde/reviews-wilde/reviews-from-amazon-com-13/</link>
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		<title>Reviews from Amazon.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[5 Stars Oscar Wilde once said &#8220;Drama is the meeting place of art and life.&#8221; In this essential, compact volume Ralph Keyes leaves a trail to that corner by gathering the flamboyant author&#8217;s thorniest, at times most insightful quotes and anecdotes. Keyes uses Wilde&#8217;s plays, reviews, letters, interrogations, even conversational repartee (given its own section) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/wilde/reviews-wilde/reviews-from-amazon-com-12/</link>
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		<title>The Hindu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have not been taught to take Oscar Wilde seriously and with each proceeding generation, we seem to be compressing him into a voice that doles out epigrams. Wilde was much more than the dandified wit, immortalized by Gilbert and Sullivan in their opera, Patience.  And yet it is difficult to go beyond the epigrams [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/wilde/reviews-wilde/the-hindu/</link>
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		<title>Lambda Publications</title>
		<description><![CDATA[His own words, full of the verbal flair that delighted his contemporaries, are taken from both his well-known works and his more obscure reviews, letters, and appearances in friends&#8217; memoirs.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/wilde/reviews-wilde/lambda-publications/</link>
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		<title>Boston Phoenix</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; several laughs to a page &#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/wilde/reviews-wilde/boston-phoenix/</link>
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		<title>Chattanooga Free Press</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Entertaining to browse through, and still quite pertinent after all these years.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/wilde/reviews-wilde/chattanooga-free-press-2/</link>
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		<title>Booksource</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The fifth book in this well packaged and entertaining series has found its perfect subject. Here are witty one-liners, biting comments, and memorable bon mots by one of the world&#8217;s great literary figures and one of the best aphorists of all times.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/wilde/reviews-wilde/booksource/</link>
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		<title>Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple months ago I was at my aunt&#8217;s house and noticed a little book sitting on a side table: The Wit and Wisdom of Harry Truman. I told her I like Truman and she told me I could borrow the book if I wanted&#8230; This book is a collection of things said by Harry [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/truman/internet-truman/internet-13/</link>
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		<title>Press</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coming soon. Please check back shortly, as the website is currently in the process of being updated.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/truman/press-truman/press-7/</link>
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		<title>Reviews from Amazon.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[3 stars  Useful for Truman fans I read the book of Truman quotations in a couple of hours. The author was very selective, focusing on the Give&#8217;em hell, Harry one-liners and sound-bites. Truman had a charming sense of humor and a unique manner of expressing himself. If that&#8217;s what you are looking for, this is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/truman/reviews-truman/reviews-from-amazon-com-10/</link>
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		<title>Reviews from Amazon.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[4 stars  Very Good Insights This book was an excellent insight into the President who never lost sight of the fact that he was nothing more than a common man. Refreshing attitudes that we do not seem to see in politicians today. In his own words, on many subjects, and shooting from the hip his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/truman/reviews-truman/reviews-from-amazon-com-9/</link>
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		<title>Reviews from Amazon.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[4 stars  Nice introduction to Truman This is not a full-scale biography of Harry Truman, but it would serve as a fabulous introduction to him. This is a short book, but contains a wealth of personal anecdotes, quotes and compilations from Truman&#8217;s private conversations and letters. It&#8217;s so refreshing to reflect upon Truman, a politician [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/truman/reviews-truman/reviews-from-amazon-com-8/</link>
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		<title>Reviews from Amazon.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[5 stars  An entertaining and informative overview of Truman. This collection of quotes, letters, and anecdotes gives the reader a comprehensive overview of Truman&#8217;s life as well as insight into the kind of man he truly was. This book allows the reader to feel connected to Truman in a way a biography can not. &#8220;liw&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/truman/reviews-truman/reviews-from-amazon-com-7/</link>
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		<title>Reviews from Amazon.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[5 stars  An entertaining and insightful view of Truman This is a wonderful collection of quotes, letters, and anecdotes which together give the reader a quick view of Truman&#8217;s life as well as a mental picture of the man from many different instances and viewpoints. This book, because of its clear depiction of Truman&#8217;s character, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/truman/reviews-truman/reviews-from-amazon-com-6/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 stars  Truth in high office The author captures the essence of the man.  A must read for anybody fed up with superficial politicans. Brysonmacdonald &#8220;caperbayboy&#8221; (Charlottetown PEI)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/truman/reviews-truman/reviews-from-amazon-com-5/</link>
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		<title>Dayton Daily News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes compiled more than 1000 quotations and anecdotes for The Wit and Wisdom of Harry Truman, that everyman president who gave &#8216;em hell. Keyes is on a roll &#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/truman/reviews-truman/dayton-daily-news-2/</link>
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		<title>Kansas City Star</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wit and Wisdom of Harry Truman by Ralph Keyes is a pocketbook size anthology that starts with a biography of the president, ends with selected diary entries, and in between divides almost 1000 quotes and anecdotes by topic. So, under &#8220;Children&#8221; you can find, &#8220;I have found the best way to give advice to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/truman/reviews-truman/kansas-city-star-3/</link>
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		<title>Philadelphia Daily News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Harry Truman was known as &#8220;Give-&#8217;em-hell&#8221; Harry because he didn&#8217;t hesitate to speak his mind. And, as the following quotes indicate, what was on Harry&#8217;s mind back in the 40s might just as easily be on any Democrat&#8217;s mind today.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/truman/reviews-truman/philadelphia-daily-news-2/</link>
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		<title>Minneapolis Star Tribune</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hot off the presses is a new book by one of our country&#8217;s most acerbic presidents. It&#8217;s The Wit and Wisdom of Harry Truman by Ralph Keyes, a collection of quotations by the man from Independence. Some gems to whet your appetite: Washington: &#8220;If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.&#8221; Politics: &#8220;I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/truman/reviews-truman/minneapolis-star-tribune-2/</link>
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		<title>Tampa Tribune</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Want a good example of just how different he was from the poll-watching, wishy-washy milquetoast pols of today? Try this little gem from his magnificent 1948 presidential campaign: &#8220;You&#8217;ve got a terrible Congressman here in this district. He&#8217;s one of the worst obstructionists in Congress. He has done everything he possibly could to cut the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/truman/reviews-truman/tampa-tribune-2/</link>
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		<title>Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ralph Keyes, in his book Timelock: How Life Got So Hectic and What You Can Do About It, notes this paradox, that, as you try and control time more, time controls you more.  It’s a great book. Ralph Keyes notes in his book Timelock: How Life Got So Hectic and What You Can Do About [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/timelock/internet-timelock/internet-12/</link>
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		<title>Press</title>
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		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/timelock/press-timelock/press-6/</link>
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		<title>Arthouse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read the book Timelock, by Ralph Keyes, to find out &#8220;how life got so hectic and what you can do about it.&#8221; This book provides a positive prescription for balancing the demands of work and home life in an increasingly time-pressured era. Arthur K. Weathers, Jr., DDS, editor]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/timelock/reviews-timelock/arthouse/</link>
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		<title>Newsday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes presents a scary shopping list of what can happen to people who work too much. My favorite was a short section on the risks of fast eating. Not of fast food &#8212; the danger of fried, sugar-ridden junk food is old news &#8212; but of gobbling food so rapidly that it isn&#8217;t chewed adequately [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/timelock/reviews-timelock/newsday/</link>
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		<title>Philadelphia Daily News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes offers a thoughtful list of approaches to change in his final chapter, &#8220;The Timelock Antidote Handbook.&#8221; Some highlights: Decelerate &#8212; slow down. Achieve more by doing less; when you do too much, you do nothing well. Unlearn how to do two things at once &#8212; your concentration will improve. Pay attention to yourself &#8212; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/timelock/reviews-timelock/philadelphia-daily-news/</link>
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		<title>Working Woman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Keyes, &#8220;timelock&#8221; is the state of having so many demands on our time that it&#8217;s impossible to extract one more second from an overjammed day. He traces the incredible shrinking day from the invention of the sundial to the proliferation of electronic agendas. Technology enables us to do several things at once, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/timelock/reviews-timelock/working-woman/</link>
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		<title>Los Angeles Times review of Euphemania</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Book review: Euphemistically speaking In &#8216;Euphemania,&#8217; Ralph Keyes looks at euphemisms — how they came to be and why we use them. His earlier book looked at vintage phrases. By Lori Kozlowski Los Angeles Times January 27, 2011 It&#8217;s the way that we talk that fascinates Ralph Keyes. The words we choose to express the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/whats-new/los-angeles-times-3/</link>
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		<title>Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coming soon. Please check back shortly, as the website is currently in the process of being updated.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/lonely/internet-lonely/internet-11/</link>
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		<title>Press</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coming soon. Please check back shortly, as the website is currently in the process of being updated]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/lonely/press-lonely/press-5/</link>
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		<title>Writer&#039;s Digest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I would like to recommend to poets and writers generally a new book, We, the Lonely People: Searching for Community by Ralph Keyes. An excellent reporter and lively writer himself, Keyes studies the effect of the breakdown of community in our mass anonymous society as it is expressed in our daily lives. He writes about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/lonely/reviews-lonely/writers-digest/</link>
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		<title>Popular Psychology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We, the Lonely People marshals encyclopedic evidence of the pains of isolation in our people&#8217;s faces and some of their efforts, some sane and some curiously bizarre, to redress the community gap. Mr. Keyes is not very angry, possibly too accepting, but his facts are fascinating and well-documented. &#8230; I liked this book very much [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/lonely/reviews-lonely/popular-psychology/</link>
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		<title>American Journal of Psychiatry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Serious, thought-provoking, and enjoyable.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/lonely/reviews-lonely/american-journal-of-psychiatry/</link>
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		<title>The Link</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A well-written, interesting and thoroughly documented book on a somewhat worn theme of the increasingly depersonalized world, yet it does bring new insights and approaches.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/lonely/reviews-lonely/the-link/</link>
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		<title>Quaker Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes identifies what is happening to us and our communities, and the examples he uses are sharp and clear. The word &#8220;community&#8221; is dropped so often in our talking that possibly it has become fuzzy in our minds. It&#8217;s good that someone such as Ralph Keyes has taken this journey and observed and written about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/lonely/reviews-lonely/quaker-life/</link>
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		<title>Methodist Messenger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We, the Lonely People is an exciting book about the American society of today &#8230; There is humor and pathos in the knowledgeable observations of the author and in the documented human interest discussions.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/lonely/reviews-lonely/methodist-messenger/</link>
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		<title>The Lutheran Journal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A sensitive discussion of our &#8220;loss of community&#8221; and its resulting loneliness.]]></description>
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		<title>Faith/At/Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a profoundly moving book, full of relevant information about the ambivalence of most of us in America today who want both freedom and community and find it hard to experience them together.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/lonely/reviews-lonely/faithatwork/</link>
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		<title>Urban Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes&#8217;s provocative analysis of modern urban life &#8230; has suggested that within anonymous, impersonal, and lonely environs, &#8220;community&#8221; assumes different forms &#8230; Git and Go&#8217;s, 7-Elevens, and shopping centers replace kinship and geographically specific tribal locations.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/lonely/reviews-lonely/urban-life/</link>
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		<title>Library Journal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bill Moyers&#8217;s former assistant at Newsday, a self-described &#8220;habitual comer and goer&#8221; skillfully and entertainingly explores our social and individual ambivalence toward community, from Long Island to San Diego. &#8230; Keyes&#8217;s thesis that we are inhibited from finding community by our desire for mobility, privacy, and convenience is well documented &#8230; Recommended.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/lonely/reviews-lonely/library-journal-7/</link>
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		<title>St. Louis Globe-Democrat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ralph Keyes &#8230; has written a very perceptive, very honest and very personal book on a great American malaise, the obsession with the loss of community and the search to regain or replace what has been lost.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/lonely/reviews-lonely/st-louis-globe-democrat/</link>
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		<title>Champaign-Urbana News=Gazette</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes has written a thought-provoking book &#8212; one that should be read by all who are interested in rebuilding society.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/lonely/reviews-lonely/champaign-urbana-newsgazette/</link>
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		<title>Oklahoma City Oklahoman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The author &#8212; a former newspaperman &#8212; diagnoses the problem of our failing sense of community in a most readable way.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/lonely/reviews-lonely/oklahoma-city-oklahoman/</link>
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		<title>Psychology Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In We, the Lonely People, Ralph Keyes describes and laments the contemporary evidence of our loss of community. His catalog is extensive, and he presents it with imagination,. concern, poignancy and humor.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/lonely/reviews-lonely/psychology-today/</link>
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		<title>Hartford Courant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes writes with perception, humor and hard-won wisdom. His book is hopeful and constructive, coming at a time when it is sorely needed.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/lonely/reviews-lonely/hartford-courant-2/</link>
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		<title>Kirkus Reviews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Keyes regards this book as comprising &#8220;optimistic comments on marriage and community.&#8221; His view is too modest. It is actually a series of unusually perceptive and entertaining chapters on the cultural and emotional phenomena of our time, from shopping centers and Holiday Inns to survival in an urban environment. The unifying factor among these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/lonely/reviews-lonely/kirkus-reviews-2/</link>
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		<title>Human Being Company&#039;s Book of the Month</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins: The Paradox of Innovation by Richard Farson, Ralph Keyes Success in today&#8217;s business economy demands nonstop innovation. But fancy buzzwords, facile lip service, and simplistic formulas are not the answer. Only an entirely new mindset &#8212; a new attitude toward success and failure &#8212; can transform managers&#8217; thinking, according [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/internet-innovation/human-being-companys-book-of-the-month/</link>
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		<title>The House of Marketing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Came across Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins: The Paradox of Innovation, written by Richard Farson and Ralph Keyes. An interesting discussion on the need of failures. According to the authors, in a rapidly changing economy managers will confront at least as much failure as success. Does that mean they&#8217;ll have failed? Only by their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/internet-innovation/the-house-of-marketing/</link>
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		<title>Toronto Star</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former &#8216;Lofter&#8217; upbeat since 24-hour live TV show ended One day she&#8217;s sending off résumés and demo tapes to television networks, the next she&#8217;s licking stamps and mailing out medical school applications. Heather Basciano is keeping her options open. Summer&#8217;s almost over and the 24-year-old Torontonian is making the most of her extended vacation, mostly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/press-innovation/toronto-star/</link>
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		<title>Business Prescriptions Radio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Pierce They say it is the paradox of innovation: That in order to succeed, we must learn to fail. Think of all the great inventions that came from mistakes, all the great products that were developed in pursuit of something else&#8230; But if failure is such a good thing, why are compensation and performance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/press-innovation/business-prescriptions-radio/</link>
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		<title>Lubes &#039;n&#039; Greases</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jack Goodhue Those who want to have a better understanding of what motivates bosses, employees and peers should read Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins, a new book by Richard Farson and Ralph Keyes.  This small gem, published by Simon &#38; Schuster’s Free Press division, is packed with easily understood, interesting and useful philosophy. This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/press-innovation/lubes-n-greases/</link>
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		<title>Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana, IL)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jim Dey Before automobile mogul Henry Ford struck gold in the auto industry, he failed twice in previous ventures. The late chief executive officer of Coca Cola, Roberto Goizueta, presided over one of the greatest blunders in business history when he replaced traditional Coca Cola with a sweeter version, new Coca Cola, an saw his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/press-innovation/champaign-urbana-news-gazette-2/</link>
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		<title>Los Angeles Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Make No Mistake: Seeking Perfection Harms Innovation: Scandals&#8217; worst effect may be to quash risk-taking. Richard Farson and Ralph Keyes At the moment, investors and politicians are trying to put out the firestorm of corporate crimes that came to light after the Enron collapse. They are insisting not only on intensive investigations and accounting reforms [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/press-innovation/los-angeles-times-2/</link>
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		<title>Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, Ohio)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Writer Suggests Failing Until You Can&#8217;t Fail Anymore Mike Harden Ralph Keyes of Yellow Springs, Ohio has co-written the perfect gift for someone who has been fired, laid off or upbraided for concocting a bold new project that tanked. Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins: The Paradox of Innovation (Free Press, $22) is an anthem [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/press-innovation/columbus-dispatch-columbus-ohio/</link>
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		<title>Investor&#039;s Business Daily</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Learn to Analyze Detail: Inspiration In Plain Sight by Robin Grugal Inspiration for great ideas is all around us &#8211; not hidden in shadowy recesses, but right there in plain sight. All it requires is for us to see the obvious with fresh eyes. Easier said than done? Sure, it&#8217;s in our nature to overlook [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/press-innovation/investors-business-daily/</link>
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		<title>Herald-Times (Bloomington, IN)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now Get Out There and Fail! Mike Leonard You&#8217;ve completed your course work, snatched up your diplomas and hit up all of your parents&#8217; friends for graduation gifts. You&#8217;ve also probably heard more advice and inspirational words than you can stomach, although if someone sidled up to you and said, knowingly, &#8220;plastics,&#8221; that was worth [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/press-innovation/herald-times-bloomington-in-2/</link>
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		<title>Atlanta Journal and Constitution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For managers: &#8220;Innovators are seldom easy to be around. The most creative members of an organization can be irascible, annoying, touchy, intolerant, prickly, self-aggrandizing. Their lack of tact offends co-workers. It also makes them willing to speak up when others hold their tongues. What comes out of their mouths is often quite valuable, if not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/press-innovation/atlanta-journal-and-constitution/</link>
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		<title>Forbes.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Innovation Paradox: The Success of Failure, the Failure of Success (Free Press, $11) is the paperback edition of last year&#8217;s more boldly titled hardback, Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins: The Paradox of Innovation. The new title seems to reflect a slight retrenchment on the main theme, since it downplays the need to make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/reviews-innovation/forbes-com/</link>
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		<title>Marilyn&#039;s &quot;Must&quot; Reads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins by Richard Farson and Ralph Keyes is unique. It is a business book that makes its case with charm. Marilyn&#8217;s &#8220;Must&#8221; Reads (Machlowitz Consultants, Inc.)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/reviews-innovation/marilyns-must-reads/</link>
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		<title>Play for Performance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This book relates business innovation to paradox. It explores the fallacy of labeling events as success or failure. Sample practical suggestion: Retain unorthodox, difficult, imaginative employees because innovation depends on their creativity.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/reviews-innovation/play-for-performance/</link>
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		<title>Stern &amp; Associates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The theme of this short and interesting book is that the less we scurry after success and run from failure, the more likely we are to succeed. For success, failures must be tolerated. In short chapters and sections, the authors drive their lessons home, using stories and well-written text. The book gives some good insights [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/reviews-innovation/stern-associates/</link>
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		<title>Self Improvement and Personal Growth Weekly Newsletter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While slim, their book … make[s] a compelling case for &#8220;managing in the postfailure era&#8221; by supporting the type of traditionally discouraged behavior that resulted in breakthrough creativity Contrarian food for thought.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/reviews-innovation/self-improvement-newsletter/</link>
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		<title>CIO Insight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How can you make companies, and the people who work inside them, more adventurous? The authors offer an intriguing and paradoxical solution: In order to stop demonizing failure, we need to stop deifying success. &#8220;Stressing winning inhibits daring. Those who take genuine risks know that failure is the norm, success the exception,&#8221; they write.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/reviews-innovation/cio-insight/</link>
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		<title>Richmond Times-Dispatch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this extended essay, the authors deconstruct how we think about success and failure and propose a counterintuitive approach that acknowledges that both coexist in any given situation. They explain why we should de-stigmatize and embrace failure as a prerequisite for success and a natural byproduct of the risk-taking and innovation it takes to succeed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/reviews-innovation/richmond-times-dispatch-2/</link>
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		<title>Publishers Weekly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recognizing obstacles is essential to victory, Farson and Keyes contend, and despite their book&#8217;s brevity, they demonstrate concrete ways to do so.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/reviews-innovation/publishers-weekly-5/</link>
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		<title>The Business Reader Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[… the authors deconstruct how we think about success and failure and propose a counterintuitive approach that acknowledges that both coexist in any given situation. They explain why we should de-stigmatize and embrace failure as a prerequisite for success and a natural byproduct of the risk-taking and innovation it takes to succeed in business.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/reviews-innovation/the-business-reader-review/</link>
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		<title>Entrepreneur.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[… well-written, philosophical]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/reviews-innovation/entrepreneur-com/</link>
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		<title>Harvard Business Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[… a good antidote to the &#8220;win at all costs&#8221; school of management.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/reviews-innovation/harvard-business-online/</link>
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		<title>Dallas Morning News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[… a fascinating little book, one that can provide encouragement to people facing setbacks]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/reviews-innovation/dallas-morning-news/</link>
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		<title>Miami Herald</title>
		<description><![CDATA[… a very readable and witty meditation on winning and losing]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/innovation/reviews-innovation/miami-herald/</link>
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		<title>Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coming soon. Please check back shortly, as the website is currently in the process of being updated.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/sons/internet-sons/internet-10/</link>
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		<title>Press</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coming soon. Please check back shortly, as the website is currently in the process of being updated]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/sons/press-sons/press-4/</link>
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		<title>Buffalo News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;a remarkable non-fiction book on the subject [of fathers and sons].  This fine collection of 77 short essays and poems is a literary rather than cinematic search &#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/sons/reviews-sons/buffalo-news-2/</link>
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		<title>Gannett Suburban Newspapers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Authors from a variety of backgrounds, most parents themselves, grapple with recurring themes when they write about their own fathers: Trying to meet a father&#8217;s expectations. Learning not to touch one&#8217;s father affectionately, replacing hugs and kisses with manly handshakes. Competing with one&#8217;s father, especially in sports. Trying to accomplish what one&#8217;s father couldn&#8217;t, either [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/sons/reviews-sons/gannett-suburban-newspapers/</link>
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		<title>WWW</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A collection of short memoirs in prose and poetry of various sons about their fathers. Some of the memories are positive, some negative, others a bit of both. Among the better-known contributors are Jimmy Carter, Lewis Grizzard, James Dickey, John Cheever, Bill Moyers, Lance Morrow, and Robert Bly, but those of lesser-known writers are often [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/sons/reviews-sons/www/</link>
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		<title>Library Journal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An important collection.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/sons/reviews-sons/library-journal-6/</link>
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		<title>Gannett News Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[A] moving collection of essays, short stories and poetry by 75 men. &#8230; Tears of lost opportunities run through this collection, because the sons&#8217; words were often written after the fathers died.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/sons/reviews-sons/gannett-news-service/</link>
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		<title>San Diego Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A wonderful book that would make any day in the year a tribute to Dad. Keyes&#8217;s selections of prose and poetry, memoirs and fiction began as a labor of love motivated by his feeling about his father but continued because he came to realize that the deep feelings and pent-up emotions of the writers contributed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/sons/reviews-sons/san-diego-magazine-2/</link>
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		<title>Bookpage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ralph Keyes, in his poignant introduction, details his own dealings with his dad, and how, over the years, he collected various writings on their fathers; the result is this book. &#8230; Keyes has done all men a service with Sons on Fathers.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/sons/reviews-sons/bookpage-2/</link>
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		<title>St. Petersburg Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Between fathers and sons there often exists a barrier to genuine emotional contact. Sometimes they succeed in making a connection indirectly, even mutely, but fathers too frequently live on &#8216;the outskirts of their families &#8230; &#8216; The strongest of these stories, and there are many, pound achingly on the heart, cracking the encrustations of culture [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/sons/reviews-sons/st-petersburg-times-2/</link>
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		<title>The Examined Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Era of the Lie Albert Mohler offers us a question: “Have we now reached a stage of social evolution that is “beyond honesty?&#8221;” Dr. Mohler is reacting to a new book by author Ralph Keyes The Post-Truth Era: Dishonesty and Deception in Contemporary Life. Mr. Keyes posits that “Deception has become commonplace at all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/internet-post-truth/the-examined-life/</link>
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		<title>perfectsound.blogspot.com/</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a great article from The New Republic that I found very interesting. So much so that I&#8217;ve decided to pick up this book.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/internet-post-truth/perfectsound-blogspot-com/</link>
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		<title>touchstonemag.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE POST-TRUTH ERA: Writing for The New Republic Online Gregg Easterbrook finds that “whether something is believed has become more important than whether it&#8217;s true.” As evidence, Easterbrook introduces us to The Post-Truth Era, a new book by Ralph Keyes. In an article (requires registration) that touches on the recent presidential debates, LBJ, Jesse Ventura, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/internet-post-truth/touchstonemag-com/</link>
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		<title>twoglasses.com/</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes&#8217;s book addresses the underreported frequency with which we all lie &#8230;  Specifically, it would seem that we lie about things that happened in our past in order to make ourselves look better. Hmmmm. Interesting notion. Certainly seems plausible. Of course, being a walking paragon of virtue, I don&#8217;t do any such thing. But now [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/internet-post-truth/twoglasses-com/</link>
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		<title>CYCLIC CYNCHRONICITY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To Read List, Updated. The Post-Truth Era: Dishonesty and Deception in Contemporary Life, Ralph Keyes (Still on my list, however, I was able to obtain a copy of the book, so now I do not have to forage through my local library.) thedp.blogspot.com/]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/internet-post-truth/cyclic-cynchronicity/</link>
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		<title>plastic.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Post-Truth Era cites a study that estimates people consciously fib in 28% of conversations with friends and family and 77% when engaging strangers. &#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/internet-post-truth/plastic-com/</link>
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		<title>NFL.Com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TMQ recommends the just-out book The Post-Truth Era by Ralph Keyes, a fascinating and important dissection of how American culture encourages making things up. In our fabricated docudrama-world, what matters is not what you can establish as true but what you can confuse people into thinking might be true &#8212; Michael Moore on the left [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/internet-post-truth/nfl-com-2/</link>
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		<title>hbfenn.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This title is getting a lot of review buzz.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/internet-post-truth/hbfenn-com/</link>
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		<title>Daily Kent Stater</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Continue to change, grow and learn Sean Buchanan This is it for me, my last act of participation at Kent State. There&#8217;s a lot I&#8217;ll miss. There&#8217;s also some relief, but no regrets. I&#8217;ve found a job, gotten engaged to the love of my life and acquired some massive student loans. I do hope though [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/press-post-truth/daily-kent-stater/</link>
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		<title>Cincinnati Post</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Debates are Producing More Smoke Than Fire Susan DeBow I assume part of the purpose for the debates by the presidential and vice-presidential candidates is to give voters clarity as to the positions of the candidates. This is a worthy idea. Unfortunately for me, all it is doing is making me dread Nov. 2. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/press-post-truth/cincinnati-post-2/</link>
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		<title>Calgary Herald (Alberta)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Liar, liar: From fibs to whoppers, has lying become a way of life? Robin Summerfield He traveled a lot for business. Curious thing, though &#8212; his bags never had any airline tags. He told his wife of 30 years that he ripped them off at the airport and threw them away before coming home. &#8220;Nobody [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/press-post-truth/calgary-herald-alberta/</link>
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		<title>Herald Times (Bloomington, IN)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a whole lot of lyin&#8217; going on&#8217; Mike Leonard Reggie Fowler, the man attempting to buy the Minnesota Vikings, had enough lies on his resume to make a con artist blush, but his bid to become an NFL owner remains on track. The prevailing attitude seems to be, so what if he put a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/press-post-truth/herald-times-bloomington-in/</link>
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		<title>Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not a lie, it&#8217;s just &#8216;post-truth&#8217; Jim Dey In his memoir, Locked in the Cabinet, Robert Reich, a former U.S. Secretary of Labor, cast himself as the hero in confrontations with members of Congress during public hears on Capitol Hill.  After a magazine reporter checked videotapes and transcripts of the hearings and found the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/press-post-truth/champaign-urbana-news-gazette/</link>
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		<title>Dayton Daily News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Truth falls victim to modern society; If someone claims to never lie, don&#8217;t believe it, author says Khalid Moss Few TV viewers younger than 40 probably remember the quiz show To Tell the Truth, which premiered in 1956 and ran, off and on, until 1991. To Tell the Truth was a model of progressive simplicity. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/press-post-truth/dayton-daily-news/</link>
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		<title>San Diego Union-Tribune</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Post-Trust Society Richard Louv On Tuesday, at approximately 6:40 a.m., the Diebold optical scanner didn&#8217;t like what it tasted. The machine regurgitated the first ballot, and the second, and the third, and more after that. &#8220;Maybe it&#8217;s actually a shredder,&#8221; one of my fellow poll workers said. Using the registrar-provided mobile phone, I tried [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/press-post-truth/san-diego-union-tribune/</link>
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		<title>Columbus Dispatch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Truth be Told, Book on Lying Could Not be More Timely Mike Harden When Ralph Keyes says his new book on lying in America is doing well, he might be telling the truth. Then again, Keyes, a Yellow Springs author and social commentator, also implied that it is wise to tell curious journalists that one&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/press-post-truth/columbus-dispatch-2/</link>
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		<title>The Bob Edwards Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click below to listen to Ralph interviewed about The Post-Truth Era by Bob Edwards.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/press-post-truth/the-bob-edwards-show/</link>
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		<title>Review from Amazon.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This well-researched and cogently written expose should be required reading for all Americans. Mr. Keyes utilizes both anecdotal evidence, and to the extent it is available, statistics and other evidence, to demonstrate that &#8220;truth&#8221; is a rapidly vanishing value in our current society. He then explains that the ramifications of this value decline are significant; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/reviews-post-truth/review-from-amazon-com/</link>
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		<title>Required Reading For All Americans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This well-researched and cogently written expose should be required reading for all Americans.&#8221; Evan Haglund &#8220;elhaglund&#8221; (Phoenix, AZ)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/reviews-post-truth/required-reading-for-all-americans/</link>
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		<title>Publishers Weekly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Casual duplicity picks at the threads of our social fabric,&#8221; Keyes warns, and not just because it creates a greater tendency toward suspicion and mistrust. The consequences of letting people get away with lying can be severe: when somebody gets a job based on a bogus résumé, for example, he or she deprives those applicants [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/reviews-post-truth/publishers-weekly-4/</link>
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		<title>The Yellow Springs News (Ohio)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Mr. Keyes&#8217; book is both pertinent and well-timed.&#8221; When I was four or perhaps five years old I was out on the porch playing with a child’s set of plastic carpenter’s tools with a neighbor child, Curt Tacey.  For reasons lost to history, I took the hammer and clunked Curt on the head with it.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/reviews-post-truth/the-yellow-springs-news-ohio/</link>
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		<title>The Christian Post</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Keyes is an author of keen perception and wide-ranging observation. He has pulled together an enormous body of evidence, all pointing to the pervasive rise of dishonesty in American life.&#8221; Have we now reached a stage of social evolution that is &#8220;beyond honesty?&#8221; That fascinating question is raised by author Ralph Keyes in his new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/reviews-post-truth/the-christian-post/</link>
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		<title>Book World (Washington Post)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This exceptional book asks and answers a diverse series of questions. Keyes&#8217;s book deserves a wide readership.&#8221; Among the most fascinating things in Ralph Keyes&#8217;s The Post-Truth Era: Dishonesty and Deception in Contemporary Life (St. Martin&#8217;s, $24.95) is his look at the ways in which morality and leadership converge. Keyes relates the results of studies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/reviews-post-truth/book-world-washington-post/</link>
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		<title>The New Republic (Online)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;an important, provocative new book .&#8221; Is all that matters in contemporary culture whether a line sounds good? That&#8217;s the thesis of an important, provocative new book, The Post-Truth Era, by Ralph Keyes. It&#8217;s Keyes&#8217;s thesis that in the current ethos, whether something is believed has become more important than whether it&#8217;s true. Keyes cites [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/reviews-post-truth/the-new-republic-online/</link>
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		<title>Booklist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;a thoughtful, often amusing look at the way we dodge the truth and tolerate dishonesty.&#8221; Lying is so much a part of everyday life that everybody does it and everybody expects it, even while polls show Americans long for ethics and integrity in public officials. Keyes examines how we have come to the troubling trend [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/post-truth/reviews-post-truth/booklist-4/</link>
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		<title>Discoverfun.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m reading a book called &#8220;Chancing It &#8211; Why we take risks&#8221; by Ralph Keyes a book about the risk takers of the world. We all know the definition of risk, right? Well, at least we all know how risk applies to ourselves. That’s because it’s a very personal thing. We all take risks and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/chancing/internet-chancing/discoverfun-com/</link>
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		<title>Press</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coming soon. Please check back shortly, as the website is currently in the process of being updated.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/chancing/press-chancing/press-3/</link>
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		<title>Reviews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coming soon. Please check back shortly, as the website is currently in the process of being updated.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/chancing/reviews-chancing/reviews/</link>
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		<title>Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The author Ralph Keyes, in his book The Height of Your Life wrote that while the world acts as if it owned very tall people’s bodies, by constantly intruding on talls’ privacy to make remarks about their height, it acts as if it owns the short man’s psyche by perpetually attributing to him, and analyzing, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/internet-height/internet-9/</link>
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		<title>Press</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coming soon. Please check back shortly, as the website is currently in the process of being updated.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/press-height/press-2/</link>
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		<title>Kansas City Star</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The average American woman is 5 feet 4, but author Ralph Keyes said &#8220;tallness in women is more fashionable than ever.&#8221;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/kansas-city-star-2/</link>
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		<title>Montreal Gazette</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Being tall doesn&#8217;t just mean seeing better in a crowd: tall people are also more likely to make the team, earn more money and achieve high office, according to Ralph Keyes. book The Height of Your Life.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/montreal-gazette-2/</link>
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		<title>Chicago Sun Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I once wrote a column about Keyes, who advises women to give shorter guys a chance. In his research, he found many tall women who say lovemaking is better and &#8220;more energetic&#8221; with shorter guys. One 6-foot-tall woman told Keyes: &#8220;Things are equal when you. re lying down. I don&#8217;t find tall men active enough. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/chicago-sun-times/</link>
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		<title>New York Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A lively and informative book. N.R. Kleinfield]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/new-york-times-3/</link>
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		<title>New York Times Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thorough and entertaining. Tom Ferrell]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/new-york-times-magazine-3/</link>
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		<title>New York Times Book Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Keyes makes it clear that attitudes &#8212; ours and others&#8217; &#8212; toward size is what is decisive, and decisively wrong. Discrimination against women, he conjectures, may actually be discrimination on the basis of size. &#8230; The Height of Your Life is an odd, breezy book, quick to record a joke, occasionally rueful, that gathers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/new-york-times-book-review/</link>
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		<title>Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The book is full of fascinating anecdotes, facts, quotes, photos, cartoons and charts of the actual sizes of well-known people, measured against Mme. Tussaud&#8217;s famous was-work models. &#8230; The author provides us with considerable food for thought, along with endless material for cocktail-party conversation.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/forum/</link>
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		<title>The Critic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes has done a spirited and thorough job in compiling facts and anecdotes about the physical, psychological, economic, and even sexual and political advantages and disadvantages of people of varying heights.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/the-critic/</link>
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		<title>Library Journal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A light-hearted but thoughtful discourse on height and how it affects our personal life.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/library-journal-5/</link>
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		<title>Greenville Delat Democrat-Times (Mississippi)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes, who goes into the subject of height in depth, has filled his book with intriguing tidbits about such celebrated shorts as Alan Ladd, Joel Grey, and Mae West, and talls like Julia Child, Lowell Weicker, Jr., and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Most fascinating of all, however, are the well-researched chapters on how height affects sex, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/greenville-delat-democrat-times-mississippi/</link>
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		<title>Chattanooga Free Press</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lively and exhaustively researched.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/chattanooga-free-press/</link>
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		<title>Charleston Courier (South Carolina)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amusing and entertaining, the book provides glances into the lives of talls and shorts. Keyes even suggests sports and occupations which are best geared to each group.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/charleston-courier-south-carolina/</link>
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		<title>Charlotte Observer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thoroughly entertaining &#8230; You should read this book &#8212; that&#8217;s the long and short of it.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/charlotte-observer-3/</link>
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		<title>Philadelphia Inquirer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ralph Keyes explores the ways in which height presents us with choices and opportunities. The book is filled with valuable statistics, quotations and photographs that provide as much amusement as they do information.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/philadelphia-inquirer-3/</link>
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		<title>Los Angeles Herald-Examiner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The best service the book performs is to spotlight factors so basic in our relationships with others that we have ceased to think about them. Wry, humorous and clearly written &#8230; interesting reading.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/los-angeles-herald-examiner/</link>
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		<title>Connecticut Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Filled with amusing charts, lists, and stories about who is tall, who isn&#8217;t, and who cares ..]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/connecticut-magazine/</link>
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		<title>Plano Daily Star-Courier</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Written in a light-hearted vein, the book is sprinkled with amusing anecdotes of people&#8217;s height-related feelings and frustrations.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/plano-daily-star-courier/</link>
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		<title>Toronto Globe and Mail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes&#8217;s height report is an engrossing and necessary book .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/toronto-globe-and-mail/</link>
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		<title>Independent Press (Bloomfield, NJ)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An astounding revelation on how one&#8217;s height and that of others plays a subtle but crucial role in your life. This offbeat book is downright fascinating.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/independent-press-bloomfield-nj/</link>
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		<title>Newsweek</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just about everything you never thought of asking about height is in here &#8230; For instance J. Edgar Hoover (5 feet 7) had his employees say that he was &#8220;just under 6 feet,&#8221; and he used specially selected toilets so his feet wouldn&#8217;t dangle.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/height/reviews-height/newsweek/</link>
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		<title>Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have Ralph Keyes’s book “Nice Guys Finish Seventh,” he has a great chapter on “The Rules of Misquotation that interpret the whole phenomenon of misquotations and misattributions very nicely.  This book is a must read for us quoteaholics.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/internet-nice-guys/internet-8/</link>
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		<title>Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[See Bartlett’s Quotations … or, better still, Ralph Keyes, “Nice Guys Finish Seventh.”]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/internet-nice-guys/internet-7/</link>
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		<title>Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I particularly like “Nice Guys Finish Seventh” by Ralph Keyes …]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/internet-nice-guys/internet-6/</link>
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		<title>Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An amusing popular book about misattributed quotations is “Nice Guys Finish Seventh” by Ralph Keyes, which is chock full of meticulous information on dozens of spurious quotations, many of which I used to quote confidently.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/internet-nice-guys/internet-5/</link>
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		<title>Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I found my reference: a marvelous little book by Ralph Keyes titled “Nice Guys Finish Seventh”.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/internet-nice-guys/internet-4/</link>
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		<title>Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A definitive answer arose in the wonderful book “Nice Guys Finish Seventh”: False Phrases, Spurious Sayings, and Familiar Misquotations.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/internet-nice-guys/internet-3/</link>
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		<title>New York Times Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.&#8221; If you want to find out how some of us have broken our heads to find the coiner of that, get &#8220;Nice Guys Finish Seventh&#8221;: False Phrases, Spurious Sayings, and Familiar Misquotations by Ralph Keyes. William Safire]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/press-nice-guys/new-york-times-magazine-2/</link>
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		<title>New York Times Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Icon-busting. William Safire]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/press-nice-guys/new-york-times-magazine/</link>
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		<title>New York Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am indebted to Ralph Keyes&#8217;s new quotation corrector. Edmund Morris]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/press-nice-guys/new-york-times-2/</link>
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		<title>All Things Considered</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Often pithy sayings we&#8217;ve always attributed to various famous figures, such as Winston Churchill, didn&#8217;t really come from their mouths. Ralph Keyes calls this &#8220;the flypaper effect.&#8221; Robert Siegel]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/press-nice-guys/all-things-considered-2/</link>
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		<title>All Things Considered</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ralph Keyes has come up with what he calls an immutable law of misquotation. Here it is: &#8220;Misquotes drive out real quotes.&#8221; And he&#8217;s researched and put together a book to prove it. Noah Adams]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/press-nice-guys/all-things-considered/</link>
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		<title>Up All Night Reader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reference value aside, it&#8217;s the bumper harvest of good quotes that make the book so pleasurable.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/reviews-nice-guys/up-all-night-reader/</link>
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		<title>RQ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes&#8217;s book, which I would recommend to reference departments, is a fascinating compilation of well-known sayings, phrases and quotations that are inaccurate, misattributed, or both.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/reviews-nice-guys/rq/</link>
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		<title>Wilson Library Bulletin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quotation collector and corrector Keyes traces the origins and restores the originals of several hundred familiar sayings from the worlds of sports, politics, entertainment, and literature. &#8230; [Source] notes document every case, and the keyword and personal name indexes lend it reference value to set the record straight, a record, as he notes in many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/reviews-nice-guys/wilson-library-bulletin/</link>
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		<title>Parade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An interesting compendium.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/reviews-nice-guys/parade/</link>
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		<title>Montreal Gazette</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes points out that the prevalence of misquotes has not abated, notwithstanding the greater ability of technology to help record things accurately. Misquotes occur because we hear what and by whom we want to hear something said.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/reviews-nice-guys/montreal-gazette/</link>
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		<title>Minneapolis Star Tribune</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can tell what Keyes is up to from the title: He takes quotations we&#8217;re all familiar with and shows how and why they are really misquotes, and searches out the origin of phrases that have become almost part of the language without our thinking about it.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/reviews-nice-guys/minneapolis-star-tribune/</link>
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		<title>Tampa Tribune</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes has condensed 20 years of research into a newly released myth-buster called &#8220;Nice Guys Finish Seventh&#8221;.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/reviews-nice-guys/tampa-tribune/</link>
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		<title>Louisville Courier-Journal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A book my friend Gene Shalit sent me the other day [is] called appropriately enough &#8220;Nice Guys Finish Seventh.&#8221; &#8230; If you want to know more of who didn&#8217;t say what &#8212; including a whole list of things that Mark Twain never said &#8212; get the book.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/reviews-nice-guys/louisville-courier-journal-2/</link>
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		<title>Booklist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes&#8217;s research unearths interesting, often surprising facts about who said what when &#8212; as well as enough errors in standard references to suggest his volume deserves a place in most quotation collections.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/reviews-nice-guys/booklist-3/</link>
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		<title>Seattle Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lively, informed&#8230;Reading this is great fun.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/nice-guys/reviews-nice-guys/seattle-times/</link>
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		<title>Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ralph Keyes once wrote a book called Is There Life After High School? which proposed that all the prom queen / football hero types peaked early.  High school was the pinnacle of success, Keyes said, and it was down the tubes after graduation.  Keyes also theorized that the geeks and nerds were late bloomers who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/internet-high-school/internet-2/</link>
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		<title>The Arizona Republic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[… remains one of the few books to deal with the sociological aspects of high school. Doug Carroll, The Arizona Republic]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/press-high-school/the-arizona-republic-2/</link>
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		<title>The Arizona Republic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remains one of the few books to deal with the sociological aspects of high school. Doug Carroll, The Arizona Republic, July 4, 2000]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/reviews-high-school/the-arizona-republic/</link>
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		<title>The School Counselor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a humorous vein, Keyes refreshes our memories with numerous interviews, magazine articles, and the findings of social scientists. We are reminded that priorities are seen through a different set of lenses when we are passing through the corridors of high school. Keyes&#8217;s success in this undertaking is ensured by his use of clever questionnaires [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/reviews-high-school/the-school-counselor/</link>
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		<title>School Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Frequently poignant, occasionally profound, and very funny.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/reviews-high-school/school-review/</link>
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		<title>Washington Post</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thoroughly engaging.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/reviews-high-school/washington-post/</link>
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		<title>San Diego Union</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Much more than just a pleasant exercise in nostalgia; it&#8217;s a learning aid &#8212; a piece in that puzzle of what makes us the way we are and why.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/reviews-high-school/san-diego-union/</link>
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		<title>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Frequently poignant, occasionally profound, and very funny.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/reviews-high-school/st-louis-post-dispatch/</link>
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		<title>Austin American-Statesman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Witty, angst-ridden confessional of the joyous and heart-rending memories of high school &#8230; will start up hunts for yearbooks.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/reviews-high-school/austin-american-statesman/</link>
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		<title>Charlotte Observer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The book is worth reading, if only to refresh your memory about what you&#8217;re compensating for.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/reviews-high-school/charlotte-observer-2/</link>
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		<title>Philadelphia Inquirer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A good, thoughtful, albeit disturbing book about how four years of one&#8217;s adolescence, consciously or otherwise, affects the following years of alleged maturation.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/reviews-high-school/philadelphia-inquirer-2/</link>
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		<title>Santa Barbara News-Press</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes has turned in a serious psychological study. His book is funny, but it isn&#8217;t frivolous.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/reviews-high-school/santa-barbara-news-press/</link>
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		<title>National Observer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Deliciously titled &#8230; breezy &#8230; very good book.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/reviews-high-school/national-observer/</link>
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		<title>Greensboro Daily News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A delightful book &#8230; both insightful and fun.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/reviews-high-school/greensboro-daily-news/</link>
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		<title>Publishers Weekly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether you were jock or bookworm, an &#8220;innie&#8221; or an &#8220;outie&#8221; you will relish the shock of recognition and, perhaps, furtively consult your yearbook. Sociology that amuses as it informs.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/reviews-high-school/publishers-weekly-3/</link>
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		<title>Kirkus Reviews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beneath the banter, the all-too-vivid recollections of the sock-hop, the prom, the yearbook caption under your photo, Keyes makes a serious and pathetic observation: there are people for whom high school is the peak, the zenith of their success and achievement. After graduation, it&#8217;s downhill all the way.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/reviews-high-school/kirkus-reviews/</link>
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		<title>Indianapolis News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes brings back the sights and sounds, and most importantly, the feelings, of our high school experience]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/reviews-high-school/indianapolis-news/</link>
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		<title>West Coast Review of Books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes manages to sum up the common denominator of experiences we shared, no matter which high school we attended and the perspective in which we see our high school days now &#8230; a captivating book.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/reviews-high-school/west-coast-review-of-books/</link>
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		<title>Los Angeles Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can take the boy and girl out of high school &#8230; but can you take high school out of that boy and girl, even when adults? In essence this is the provocative question posed by this witty book that manages to use the light touch in probing serious questions of personality development.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/reviews-high-school/los-angeles-times/</link>
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		<title>Booklist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There is a lot of nostalgia and fun in here &#8212; but this is a meaningful look at the impact of adolescence spent in a unique American institution.&#8221;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/high-school/reviews-high-school/booklist-2/</link>
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		<title>peacecorpswriters.org</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Writers take note: The Writer’s Book of Hope: Getting from Frustration to Publication by Ralph Keyes, author of The Courage to Write has just come out&#8230; Keyes has written a book that is extremely useful to writers and would-be writers.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/hope/internet-hope/peacecorpswriters-org/</link>
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		<title>leecarlon.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unlike so many writing manuals Ralph Keyes&#8217; latest book deals with aspects of the writing process that are all too often ignored. The frustration and despair that at times overcome writers at all stages of writing. Packed full of examples of just how many big name writers have at one time or another despaired and struggled to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/hope/internet-hope/leecarlon-com/</link>
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		<title>mortalmom.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend Sharon sent me a book called The Writer&#8217;s Book of Hope. I love reading all the stories and examples because I feel such kinship with the people described. (Some of them are famous&#8211;John Grisham and me in the word trenches&#8211;think about it!) I wish I could have had this book during last week&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/hope/internet-hope/mortalmom-com/</link>
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		<title>mathematicsbooks.org</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This book really opened my eyes to the reality of the publishing world. It also helped dissipate a lot of anger and self pity I was feeling. Who knew you had to work this hard? Well, now I do. So it goes. I can now forge ahead without feeling so sorry for myself!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/hope/internet-hope/mathematicsbooks-org/</link>
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		<title>The Scribe&#039;s Message Board</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Best Book for a Struggling Writer If any of you are writing book addicts (are all writers or is it just me?) I would strongly recommend you get a copy of The Writer&#8217;s Book of Hope by Ralph Keyes. It&#8217;s all about the anxiety, frustration and despair that writer&#8217;s face every time they sit down [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/hope/internet-hope/scribes-message-board/</link>
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		<title>Columbus Dispatch (Ohio)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[REALITIES OF WRITING ARE NO CAUSE TO LOSE HOPE Mike Harden As a champion of the writer&#8217;s art, he tries to avoid sounding like a cross between Dr. Phil and the preface of a Chicken Soup anthology. &#8220;There are so many books out there that say all you need to do is meditate, do some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/hope/press-hope/columbus-dispatch-ohio/</link>
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		<title>Reviews from Amazon.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve read enough self-help and inspirational books, and books about writing, to last a lifetime, so when I spied The Writer&#8217;s Book of Hope at my public library, I hesitated. But the title caught my eye, and I ended up gulping it down it in a few sessions. I&#8217;m glad I did-it&#8217;s given me a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/hope/reviews-hope/reviews-from-amazon-com-4/</link>
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		<title>Reviews from Amazon.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ralph Keyes&#8217; The Writer&#8217;s Book of Hope manages to be most encouraging to any writer and very interesting to anyone else. This book is well-written, funny, challenging, consoling and very informative. If there is a writer who ever said anything interesting and provocative about writing, there is a good chance he or she is quoted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/hope/reviews-hope/reviews-from-amazon-com-3/</link>
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		<title>Reviews from Amazon.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This book really opened my eyes to the reality of the publishing world. It also helped disapate a lot of anger and self pity I was feeling. Who knew you had to work this hard? Well, now I do. So it goes. I can now forge ahead without feeling so sorry for myself! Heybubb, New [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/hope/reviews-hope/reviews-from-amazon-com-2/</link>
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		<title>Reviews from Amazon.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Writer&#8217;s Book of Hope is an excellent antidote to the discouragement toxins that build up in writers over time. Actually, it&#8217;s a whole medicine cabinet of antidotes. Anxiety, Frustration, and Despair are part of the emotional experience of all writers, from beginners to established professionals, and Keyes offers a wide range of uplifting and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/hope/reviews-hope/reviews-from-amazon-com/</link>
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		<title>The Writer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Writing is never easy, and getting your work published can be harder still. As every writer knows, a thick skin is one of the essential tools of the trade. “Rejection, to writers, is the equivalent of being knocked down as a boxer, being heckled as a comedian, or not getting callbacks as an auditioning actor: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/hope/reviews-hope/the-writer/</link>
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		<title>Writer’s Digest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even the most prolific writers need encouragement from time to time. If you’re in need of a shot in the arm, check out [this] inspiring new book …]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/hope/reviews-hope/writer%e2%80%99s-digest/</link>
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		<title>ASJA Monthly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[American Society of Journalists and Authors October 2003 &#8211; Susan K. Perry, Ph.D More than half of Keyes&#8217; book is devoted to helping writers sustain faith in themselves once they being actively pursuing publication. Keyes makes excellent use of hundreds of anecdotes and quotes from well known writers. For instance, Kipling was told he didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/hope/reviews-hope/asja-monthly/</link>
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		<title>Capital Times (Madison, WI)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Heather Lee Schroeder Ralph Keyes … has a new guide out this fall. Titled The Writer&#8217;s Book of Hope: Getting From Frustration to Publication (Owl Books, $13), it is a nice companion to his 1995 book, The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear. Not only does Keyes explore what it means to have hope, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/hope/reviews-hope/capital-times-madison-wi/</link>
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		<title>Library Journal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[Ralph] Keyes, a longtime writer and teacher of writing, is best known for The Courage To Write: How Writers Transcend Fear. In this follow-up, he offers words of encouragement to would-be scribes, inviting them to take charge of selling their own work, to be open to new venues of disbursement, and to consider self-publishing. Similar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/hope/reviews-hope/library-journal-4/</link>
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		<title>Publishers Weekly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To be clear: this is not a guide on how to write a book (Keyes covered that in his last volume, The Courage to Write). Rather, it&#8217;s a tool for writers who have found their courage and now need hope: that their work is good, that it will be published despite the inevitable rejections, that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/hope/reviews-hope/publishers-weekly-2/</link>
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		<title>Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A book I recently read that you might enjoy is The Courage to Write by Ralph Keyes.  I found it very comforting to discover that virtually all writers, even the “greats,” are frequently near-paralyzed with fear at any or all stages of the writing process.  Yes, it may be fear of failure, but there’s often [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/internet-courage/internet/</link>
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		<title>Press</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coming soon. Please check back shortly, as the website is currently in the process of being updated.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/press-courage/press/</link>
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		<title>Reviews from Amazon.Com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had The Courage to Write for about 5 years now. Since I bought this book, I&#8217;ve seen my first article published, followed by regular publication in several regional and national magazines in my genre. I&#8217;ve also just finished my first book (it&#8217;s at the printer) and am working on my second. This book is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/reviews-courage/from-amazon-com-6/</link>
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		<title>Reviews from Amazon.Com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This book does not attempt to teach the craft or writing, such as plotting, characterization, dialog, etc., nor is it appropriate for non-fiction writing. Keyes&#8217;s intent is to help the aspiring novelist deal with the fear of writing, which may be interpreted as the fear of exposure and/or rejection before our peers and family. Keyes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/reviews-courage/from-amazon-com-5/</link>
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		<title>Reviews from Amazon.Com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recommend this book to all of my classes, workshops, in most of my speeches and everywhere online. Keyes directly addresses the fears that so many writers (most writers, I think) are prey to and then gives coping strategies. The worst thing about writing is that the longer you do it, the harder it gets, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/reviews-courage/from-amazon-com-4/</link>
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		<title>Reviews from Amazon.Com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I usually read more fiction than anything else, as I am a fiction writer myself. The Courage to Write is without a doubt the best non-fiction I have read in years&#8211;maybe ever! &#8230; For decades I have wondered what was wrong with me, why I would write for a while and then lose momentum and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/reviews-courage/from-amazon-com-3/</link>
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		<title>Reviews from Amazon.Com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am a writer and have spent the past two years desperately trying to finish two business books. Until I read The Courage to Write, I couldn&#8217;t figure out why I was having such a hard time finishing what I had started. Now I get it. This book has helped my understand that what I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/reviews-courage/from-amazon-com-2/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[I use this book sort of as a reference, to meditate on. It&#8217;s reassuring to know that my anxiety need not interfere with writing. This book brings me back to the view that anxiety is only so much background noise. I also re-title it sometimes as &#8220;The Courage to Query&#8221;! Linda Moran]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/reviews-courage/from-amazon-com/</link>
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		<title>Laura Tripp, hercorner.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The hardest part of being a freelance writer is finding the courage to put your neck on the line. First, when you open yourself up to write, whether its fiction, non-fiction or a letter to your best friend, you have to open up about yourself to bring life to the writing. Secondly, writers need the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/reviews-courage/laura-tripp-hercorner-com/</link>
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		<title>Philadelphia Business Journal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A compelling and helpful book for incipient or experienced writers.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/reviews-courage/philadelphia-business-journal/</link>
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		<title>Bookpage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes shares his insights with us, encouraging us to find and use the power of positive anxiety, to write beyond all those concerns, to write in the nude if it stimulates you to write at your best.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/reviews-courage/bookpage/</link>
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		<title>Cleveland Plain Dealer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although aimed at those who toil in the writing trenches, Keyes&#8217;s anecdotal approach to the topic makes the book interesting for nonwriters as well. Stories of the rituals, totems and habits of working writers trying to manage their anxiety make fascinating reading for anyone who has ever wondered about how writers work.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/reviews-courage/cleveland-plain-dealer-2/</link>
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		<title>Alpena News (Michigan)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ralph Keyes&#8217;s marvelous little book, The Courage to Write, is full of uplifting suggestions &#8230; [a] down-to-earth book full of encouragement and wisdom suitable for both the master writer and the timid novice.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/reviews-courage/alpena-news-michigan/</link>
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		<title>Kansas City Star</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes includes an insightful chapter on motivations to write, including the desire to stick one&#8217;s tongue out at the people from one&#8217;s past &#8230; Keyes has written interesting chapters about writer&#8217;s block as well as the totems and rituals that famous writers have used to help them overcome their blocks. He also covers the positive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/reviews-courage/kansas-city-star/</link>
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		<title>Louisville Courier-Journal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[Keyes's] latest work is, on the surface, an entertaining and insightful how-to book for aspiring and working writers&#8230;.What makes it so appealing is its straightforward approach to the writing life and to its often eccentric practitioners&#8230;.If you&#8217;ve ever wondered what happens before a writer shows up at your local bookstore to sign The Great American [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/reviews-courage/louisville-courier-journal/</link>
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		<title>Dayton Voice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear is unlike many previous how-to books about writing. Why? Because most books focus on how to overcome fear. Keyes bases his book on the premise that writers should face their fear and transcend it through courage.]]></description>
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		<title>Trenton Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[His book taught me more about the &#8220;creative process&#8221; than all the writers&#8217; voices shelved in my bookstore&#8217;s &#8220;elite corps.&#8221; Keyes succeeds where others have failed because he understands that &#8220;There are very few &#8216;writing problems&#8217; as such; only human ones.&#8221;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/reviews-courage/trenton-times/</link>
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		<title>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes can be helpful to fledgling writers who are struggling with doubt and lack of confidence. The Courage to Write can be read in times of tribulation, much like a collection of inspirational verses, then put away when the words are flowing.]]></description>
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		<title>San Diego Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes provides compelling reading for writers at all levels, from student to journeyman.]]></description>
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		<title>Columbus Dispatch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Highly readable and laced with true-confession anecdotes about the trepidations that dog most writers, Keyes&#8217;s book is an attempt to show nervous novices how to turn fear toward more productive ends.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/reviews-courage/columbus-dispatch/</link>
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		<title>Fresno Bee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who is a writer, wants to be a writer or knows a writer will want to pick up a copy of The Courage to Write by Ralph Keyes. It is one of the best books about the writing profession ever published.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/reviews-courage/fresno-bee/</link>
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		<title>Cincinnati Post</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes is not convinced that anxiety is a bad thing. He documents so much fear experienced by so many writers &#8212; from E.B. White to Gail Godwin &#8212; that fear emerges as a given. The trick is to manage it and reap its energy.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/reviews-courage/cincinnati-post/</link>
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		<title>New York Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[He lists the many reasons writers have been afraid, from fear of falling short of their ideals to anxiety about self-exposure. &#8230; Having made the game of writing sound like a descent into hell, he sets out in the second half of his primer to teach the prospective writer how to overcome fear.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/reviews-courage/new-york-times/</link>
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		<title>Antioch Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes explores inner struggles that grad schools, conferences, and craft books usually ignore &#8230; [an] intimate examination of the writing mind &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Library Journal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Highly recommended for anyone who writes, wants to write, or is taking a writing course.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/courage/reviews-courage/library-journal-3/</link>
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		<title>The Wonderful World of Nothing Worthwhile</title>
		<description><![CDATA[the laughorist said&#8230; Speaking of obesity, as I just told Meloncutter, I heard a radio report saying the obesity of Americans is, well, growing. We&#8217;re getting phatter, or at least fatter. And something like 7 of the 8 top-fat states be in the South. Jump on dat, folks. (You could look it up, as Casey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quotations on Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[refer you to a new book out in paperback: The Quote Verifier by Ralph Keyes; you&#8217;ll be surprised how many quotations are misattributed. It&#8217;s very entertaining.]]></description>
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		<title>BILLY BALL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Billy-Ball Daily / Bill Chuck (Billy-Ball his own self) MISQUOTED? Leo Durocher is widely known for the quote, &#8220;Nice guys finish last.&#8221; But the Brooklyn Dodgers didn’t exactly say it, according to Ralph Keyes, who examined the origins of 450 famous quotes in his new book “The Quote Verifier.” In going through microfilm of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Non-Doggy Reading</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leading You Into New Zealand’s Dog Web Geoff Stern The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When by Ralph Keyes is a piece of impressive scholarship &#8212; and great fun &#8212; attempting to verify various famous quotations. Great fun.]]></description>
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		<title>The Laughorist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A venue for solipsistic eavesdroppers, verbal voyeurs, and hoarse whisperers amid the endless din. It ain&#8217;t not over &#8217;til it ain&#8217;t not over. Of course, you&#8217;re familiar with the more quotable &#8220;It ain&#8217;t over &#8217;til it&#8217;s over,&#8221; typically attributed to Yogi Berra. Only Yogi didn&#8217;t say it. Not exactly. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve just learned from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Reading</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer Reading The Quote Verifier : Who Said What, Where, and When by Ralph Keyes. As a certified quote addict this is a &#8220;must read.&#8221; Keyes tracks down falsely attributed quotes and tells the stories behind them. Julie D. Word Daze: The Word Lover&#8217;s Almanc Ralph Keyes in the book The Quote Verifier traces the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enjoy your quotations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unca Harlan&#8217;s Art Deco Dining Pavilion rich &#8216;Cause I know how much you guys enjoy your quotations. Pick up a copy of The Quote Verifier, by Ralph Keyes.   I just got wind of this through Kilpatrick&#8217;s column, and apparently Yogi Berra didn&#8217;t say a lot of things he&#8217;s supposed to have said, and Edmund Burke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#039;t Get Caught Misquoting&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don’t Get Caught Don&#8217;t Get Caught Misquoting&#8230; &#8230;as there&#8217;s an author ready to pounce. Ralph Keyes&#8217;new book, The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When, excerpted here in today&#8217;s Washington Post, looks at famous speakers and how they mangled quotes in speeches, sometimes to good effect. John F. Kennedy is the subject of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better Check Those Quotes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Betsy’s Page Better Check Those Quotes As commencement speeches are heard across the land, speakers are reaching for their inner Bartlett&#8217;s. Unfortunately, some of these speakers need to do a little more fact checking before they insert quotes into their speeches. At Boston University last Sunday, for instance, Les Moonves, the president of CBS, quoted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Dialect Society</title>
		<description><![CDATA[American Dialect Society My praise of The Quote Verifier [yesterday] was too restrained &#8230; Really an outstanding book. Fred Shapiro, Editor, Yale Book of Quotations]]></description>
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		<title>Murder your darlings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Peace Corps Writer There is a new and wonderful book for writers written by a good friend who is NOT an RPCV (even though my wife is convinced I don’t know anyone who wasn’t in the Peace Corps). His name is Ralph Keyes. The book is entitled, The Quote Verifier and it explores several [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/quote/internet-quote/murder-your-darlings/</link>
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		<title>WHO SAID THAT ABOUT GOD?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bill&#8217;s &#8216;Faith Matters&#8217; Weblog Bill Tammeus WHO SAID THAT ABOUT GOD? All of us can toss around quotes about religion &#8212; and sometimes we&#8217;re even sure of the original source. A year or two ago, for instance, I wrote a column mentioning the results of a national survey that showed the most well-known and commonly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on the Business of Quotes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forbes Karl Shmavonian The editor of Forbes’s venerable quotes page reflects on the hazards of his profession. &#8220;Misquotation is the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.&#8221; &#8211;Hesketh Pearson. Those words are soothing balm for the not-so-learned editor of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whose quote is it anyway?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Galveston Country Daily News (Texas) By Cathy Gillentine I got a new book at the Boston convention that I am just now getting around to looking at. It was worth the wait. It’s called, “The Quote Verifier,” by Ralph Keyes, and it helps straighten out a lot of quotes we always are hearing, letting us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Last Word on Who Said It First</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lakeland Ledger (Florida) By Lonnie Brown The Coffee Guzzlers Club members had kindly asked our waitress for refills. &#8220;Show me the money,&#8221; she mumbled on her way by. Nevermore, the club&#8217;s pet raven and mascot, provided some insight into the remark. Quoth the Raven: &#8220;Cuba Gooding Jr. made the line famous in the 1996 Jerry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golf needs a fresh broadcasting swing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Buffalo News]]></description>
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		<title>Who Said That?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bark Magazine By Ralph Keyes Originally appearing in Issue #37, Jul/Aug 2006 We are no less likely to be vague about the origins of quotations about dogs than we are to be vague about the origins of quotations in general. Who said “Love me, love my dog”? Or that a man biting a dog is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Don&#039;t Say&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[San Diego Magazine]]></description>
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		<title>He Says They Didn&#039;t Say So</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Knoxville News-Sentinel By Sam Venable I&#8217;ve been planning this for weeks, ever since I happened upon a copy of &#8220;The Quote Verifier&#8221; by Ralph Keyes in the reference department of Lawson McGhee Library. (Well, no; that&#8217;s not wholly accurate. I didn&#8217;t &#8220;happen upon&#8221; Keyes&#8217; book. I went to the reference department with the express purpose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America&#039;s history is littered with misquotes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Syracuse Post-Standard By Frank Herron Independence Day brings with it a celebration of this country&#8217;s Founding Fathers and other giants of American history. The reputation of these famous people is often based on the words they said. But sometimes the famous words were never spoken by the famous mouth. Enter Ralph Keyes &#8211; a self-styled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Denver Post</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Bob Ewegen Ralph Keyes&#8217;s lovely little book &#8220;The Quote Verifier&#8221; attributes the famous line, &#8220;Academic politics are so vicious precisely because the stakes are so small,&#8221; to political scientist Wallace Sayre. Sayre, in turn, may have been inspired by Woodrow Wilson&#8217;s observation that the intensity of the academic squabbles he witnessed while president of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Buzz: Get your quota of quotes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seattle Times By Mary Ann Gwinn, book editor Thanks to &#8220;The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where and When&#8221; by Ralph Keyes (St. Martin&#8217;s Press, $15.95), I may be as close as I&#8217;ll ever get to finding out who first uttered my all-time favorite quote, which is: &#8220;The road to hell is paved with good [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/quote/press-quote/book-buzz-get-your-quota-of-quotes/</link>
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		<title>Many Famous Lines Aren&#039;t Exactly What People Said, New Book Concludes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette By Cristina Rouvalis Say it ain&#8217;t so. A crestfallen boy didn&#8217;t tell &#8220;Shoeless&#8221; Joe Jackson, &#8220;Say it ain&#8217;t so, Joe.&#8221; And Mark Twain likely didn&#8217;t coin &#8220;The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.&#8221; It wasn&#8217;t Vince Lombardi who first proclaimed, &#8220;Winning isn&#8217;t everything, it&#8217;s the only thing.&#8221; At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Misquoting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Toronto Globe and Mail By Michael Kesterton Why is it so easy to get quotations wrong? &#8220;Our memory wants quotations to be better than they usually were, and said by the person we want to have said them,&#8221; writes Ralph Keyes in The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When. A good line &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask Not Where This Quote Came From</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington Post By Ralph Keyes Political figures routinely get their quotations wrong. No modern politician has stood out quite so much in this regard as John F. Kennedy. JFK loved to pepper his speeches and public statements with quotations. This not only perked up his prose, but improved his press by giving him an air [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/quote/press-quote/ask-not-where-this-quote-came-from/</link>
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		<title>As Plato famously said, &#039;Show me the money!&#039;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Herald-Times (Bloomington, IN) By Mike Leonard One of author Ralph Keyes&#8217; favorite examples of the erroneous or spurious attribution of quotes is the oft-repeated line, &#8220;Show me the money!&#8221; from the movie, &#8220;Jerry Maguire.&#8221; Sports agent Drew Rosenhaus worked as a consultant for screenwriter and director Cameron Crowe and immediately took credit for the catch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Said It?  Not Yogi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chicago Sun-Times By James Kilpatrick In 1953 the New York Yankees won their fifth World Series in a row. Their popular catcher, Yogi Berra, took it in stride. &#8220;It&#8217;s deja vu all over again,&#8221; he said. The trouble is, he never said it. It&#8217;s also probable that he never said of a particular restaurant, &#8220;It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Misspeak, memory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Boston Globe By Jan Freeman AS COMMENCEMENT SEASON peaks this month, students across the nation are hearing, from keynote speakers great and small, the recycled wisdom of their forebears. And those speakers, in turn, are carrying on a grand tradition of quotemongers through the ages: Spreading misinformation far and wide. At Boston University last Sunday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press-Quote Primer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New book explains famous sayings, including journalistic ones Editor &#38; Publisher By Dave Astor Curious about the origin of such phrases as “Journalism is the first draft of history”? Then you should check out The Quote Verifier. Ralph Keyes’ book – slated to be published May 30 by St. Martin’s Griffin – looks at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notable Quotables</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New Yorker By Louis Menand Ralph Keyes [is] a quotation specialist and the author of “The Quote Verifier” (St. Martin’s; $15.95). “Misquotation is an occupational hazard of quotation,” Keyes advises, and both he and [Yale Book of Quotations editor Fred] Shapiro have gone to considerable trouble to track down the original utterances that became [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NPR Talk of the Nation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hear Ralph speaking with Neal Conan on NPR&#8217;s Talk of the Nation from July 4, 2006. And last Monday I cited a quotation which I attributed to P.T. Barnum. Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. Well, it turns out it wasn&#8217;t Barnum, and Ralph Keyes caught it, as well he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Euphemism of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Avada advertises an inexpensive hearing aid as one that can be purchased “at a more moderate investment level.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>As Yogi Berra Never Said</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Universal Press Syndicate By James Kilpatrick In 1953 the New York Yankees won their fifth World Series in a row. Their popular catcher, Yogi Berra, took it in stride. &#8220;It&#8217;s deja vu all over again,&#8221; he said. The trouble is, he never said it. It&#8217;s also probable that he never said of a particular restaurant, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Where Does That Word Come From?”: Ralph Keyes Talks Retro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Faster Times February 25, 2010 Ralph Keyes is the author of fifteen books, but in some ways his most recent one—“I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech”—seems like the one he was born to write. Having authored the 1977 exploration “Is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/internet-retro/%e2%80%9cwhere-word-come-from/</link>
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		<title>Mark Twain Didn’t Say That? Just Where Did All Those Spicy Quotes Come From?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Knoxville News Sentinel David Hunter A free book landed in my post office box last week. Sending free books to people who might mention them in print is an accepted form of bribery in the world of literature and journalism. Technically, it&#8217;s corruption, but there&#8217;s no obligation on the part of the recipient to mention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;Retro Talk&quot;: Cultural References Mystify Young</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Talk of the Nation, NPR, March 10, 2009]]></description>
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		<title>Who said that?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dallas Morning News By Jerome Weeks We know Humphrey Bogart never said, &#8220;Play it again, Sam.&#8221; But neither did Josef Stalin ever make such cynical observations as &#8220;A single death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic&#8221; and &#8220;No man, no problem.&#8221; In his ingenious new book, The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talk Retro to Me, Baby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2009]]></description>
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		<title>History News Network</title>
		<description><![CDATA[History News Network Ralph Keyes Our national conversation is filled with historical allusions: Ponzi schemes, smoke-filled rooms, talking turkey, even Harry and Louise (to say nothing of Thelma and Louise). Those who know the history of these allusions tend to assume everyone else does. But everyone doesn’t. Younger inquiring minds want to know: Who was [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mirela Roncevic Who is credited for saying &#8220;You are what you eat?&#8221; Karl Marx? According to this amusing A-to-Z compendium of famous sayings, it was actually philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach who in 1850 said &#8220;Man is what he eats,&#8221; but it was French politician Anthelme Brillat-Savarin who a whole quarter century earlier wrote &#8220;Tell me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editor &amp; Publisher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In mid-April Editor &#38; Publisher – the leading trade publication for journalists – ran an op-ed about retroterms used by journalists. This ignited a firestorm of response, pro, con, and somewhere in between. Here is the op-ed itself, followed by responses on and offline.]]></description>
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		<title>Author Digs for Phrases that Linger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Columbus Dispatch, March 29. 2009]]></description>
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		<title>Sher-endipity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sher-endipity Many expressions we use as adults originated in the playgrounds, classrooms, and empty lots of our childhood. &#8220;Say uncle,&#8221; &#8220;connect the dots,&#8221; &#8220;stay within the lines,&#8221; and &#8220;stuck-up&#8221; are just a few. The term hoodwink is left over from another children&#8217;s game, blindman&#8217;s buff (not &#8220;bluff&#8221;). In this traditional English game, the it person [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday Evening Post</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead!&#8221; &#8220;History is bunk.&#8221; &#8220;We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.&#8221; Almost every American knows these famous quotations and who said them. Or do we? That&#8217;s the big question Ralph Keyes addresses in his new book, The Quote Verifier. &#8220;Discovering who actually said what, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/quote/reviews-quote/saturday-evening-post/</link>
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		<title>Publisher Weekly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The phrase “drinking the Kool-Aid” is a mystery to young people today, as is “45rpm.” Even older folks don’t know the origins of “raked over the coals” and “cut to the chase.” Keyes (The Quote Verifier) uses his skill as a sleuth of sources to track what he calls “retrotalk”: “a slippery slope of puzzling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/publishers-weekly/</link>
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		<title>Talk of the Nation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NPR&#8217;s writeup of Euphemania and audio of Ralph&#8217;s Talk of the Nation appearance can be accessed by clicking on the link.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/talk-of-the-nation/</link>
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		<title>Remembering Our Groovy Heritage of Words</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Knoxville News-Sentinel, March 31, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/press-retro/groovy-heritage/</link>
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		<title>Marie Claire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marie Claire has featurette about Euphemania]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/press-euphemania/marie-claire/</link>
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		<title>Winnipeg Free Press</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How to phrase this in a family newspaper? This book is about saying what we mean without being lewd or crude while still being shrewd. Prolific American author Ralph Keyes has a love of language — his 15 books include the provocatively titled I Love It When You Talk Retro — and he certainly has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/winnipeg-free-press/</link>
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		<title>Something Good to Read</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Something Good to Read &#8220;Outside of a dog, a book is man&#8217;s best friend. Inside of a dog it&#8217;s too dark to read.&#8221; ~Groucho Marx Malcolm Gladwell&#8217;s book about success, Outliers, is still selling like hotcakes. Go figure. Also writing about success, Tara Stiles at Huffington Post sets forth 10 tips for success in what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/internet-retro/something-good-to-read/</link>
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		<title>OSU Open Line</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WOSU Open Line, NPR, April 2, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/press-retro/osu-open-line/</link>
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		<title>Suspicious Sounds Bites?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[US Airways Magazine Patrick Henry’s patriotic demand, “Give me liberty or give me death!” is often quoted by freedom seekers today because of its urgent eloquence. Many great sound bites like this one have become quotable quotes too good to pass up, whether they’re about sports (Leo Durocher’s “Nice guys finish last”), or taking responsibility [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/quote/reviews-quote/suspicious-sounds-bites/</link>
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		<title>Booklist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In his excellent introduction to this language book, Keyes defines retrotalk as a “slippery slope of puzzling allusions to past phenomena,” allusions that employ terms he refers to as “verbal artifacts,” or phrases that hang around in our national conversation long after the topic they refer to has vanished from memory. Hard as it may [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/booklist/</link>
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		<title>Euphemism of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During NPR&#8217;s &#8220;On Point&#8221; show, a guest referred to cows in  feed lots so crowded that they must stand in their own &#8220;substance.&#8221;  Host Tom Ashbrook called this substance &#8220;product.&#8221;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/euphemism-of-the-week-6/</link>
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		<title>Charlotte Observer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Speaking euphemistically Ever ponder how much we rely on euphemisms? I didn&#8217;t, until I dipped into &#8220;Euphemania&#8221; (Little, Brown; $24.99), a new book sure to delight language lovers. The book, by Ralph Keyes, explores how we use euphemisms as stand-ins for words that evoke fear, unease or embarrassment. And, best of all, it offers hundreds [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/charlotte-observer/</link>
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		<title>Twitter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twitter Reading &#8220;I Love it When You Talk Retro&#8221; by Ralph Keyes &#8230; by flickering candlelight]]></description>
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		<title>Author Strikes Nerve with &#039;Retro Talk&#039;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Herald-Times (Bloomington, IN), April 26, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/press-retro/author-strikes-nerve/</link>
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		<title>Keyes&#039;s Book for Word-Lovers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yellow Springs News (Ohio) By Jane Baker We all know that Mark Twain said, “Golf is a good walk spoiled” and “Whenever I feel an urge to exercise I lie down until it goes away” and that Abraham Lincoln said “A lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client”—right? Wrong! As Ralph Keyes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/quote/reviews-quote/keyess-book-for-word-lovers/</link>
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		<title>Library Journal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes (The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When) distinguishes this work from other slang and idiom resources by explaining retro terms, that is, words and phrases that have been used for so long that people repeat them without knowing their origin or understanding their precise meaning. Examples include tabloid, initially a compressed medical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/library-journal/</link>
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		<title>Voice of America</title>
		<description><![CDATA[VOA&#8216;s program on euphemisms that features an interview with Ralph can be accessed by clicking on the link. Listen:]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/voice-of-america/</link>
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		<title>charlotteobserver.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE READING LIFE Hiking the Appalachian Trail, and other euphemisms Ever ponder how much we rely on euphemisms? I didn&#8217;t, until I dipped into &#8220;Euphemania,&#8221; a new book sure to delight language lovers. The book, by Ralph Keyes, explores how we use euphemisms as stand-ins for words that evoke fear, unease or embarrassment. And, best [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/press-euphemania/charlotteobserver-com/</link>
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		<title>Richmond Times-Dispatch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spend a weekend reading Ralph Keyes&#8217;s fascinating new book, &#8220;Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms,&#8221; and you&#8217;ll become convinced that language is a complicated network of discreet evasions that stretches back to the beginning of civilization. Some euphemisms are so old we don&#8217;t even recognize them as another era&#8217;s attempt to avoid dangerous words. One [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/richmond-times-dispatch/</link>
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		<title>Mystic Seaport, Museum of America and the Sea: News From the Collections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just released today, I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech, extensively cites Mystic Seaport&#8217;s Origins of Sea Terms. Who knew that sea slag would be retro! This new book explores popular terms such as &#8220;cut and run&#8221; which evolved from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/internet-retro/mystic-seaport-museum/</link>
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		<title>What&#039;s the Scuttlebutt? &#8230; And Other Slang Terms Decoded</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New York Post April 12, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/press-retro/whats-the-scuttlebutt/</link>
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		<title>Say what? Here&#039;s some help with the what &#8212; and the who</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch By Jann Malone Read a reference book from cover to cover? That sounds like something only someone with nothing better to read would do. But I bet if you pick up a copy of Ralph Keyes&#8217; &#8220;The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When&#8221; (387 pages, St. Martin&#8217;s Griffin, $15.95), you&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/quote/reviews-quote/say-what/</link>
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		<title>Yellow Springs News (Ohio)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ralph Keyes is known as a writer’s writer. He earned that distinction by writing well on a variety of topics over a long period of time, sometimes directly for writers, and other times on the origins of modern American expression. His list of over a dozen books includes such titles as The Writer’s Book of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/yellow-springs-news-ohio-2/</link>
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		<title>Moncrieff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ralph&#8217;s interview with radio host Sean Moncrieff of Dublin, Ireland can be heard by clicking here: Euphemisms]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/moncrieff/</link>
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		<title>Asbury Park Press (NJ)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FIRST READ Once upon a time, there was a body part we couldn&#8217;t mention. Instead, we used words such as dagger, lance, stake and sword. There were other make-nice substitutes (which we also can&#8217;t print here), but it all comes down to our trying to make the unmentionable mentionable. Even when it&#8217;s done with a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/press-euphemania/asbury-park-press-nj/</link>
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		<title>Cleveland Plain Dealer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ohio author Ralph Keyes&#8217; &#8216;Euphemania&#8217; is a fun history of how and why we mince our words So why in the world would wildlife officials actually kill any of the detestable, projectile-vomiting, double-crested cormorants violating the Lake Erie islands when they could &#8220;effectively manage the flock&#8221; to get the same result? And who among us [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/cleveland-plain-dealer/</link>
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		<title>Super Punch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Super Punch The new book I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech by Ralph Keyes about slang sounds (and looks) great. You can read an interview with Keyes here. One fun nugget from the interview: I was surprised to find out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/internet-retro/super-punch/</link>
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		<title>Unusual suspects: When phrases give up the ghost</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Boston Globe, May 3, 2009]]></description>
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		<title>VERIFIABLY EXCELLENT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Amazon.com 5 Stars Paul Kocak (Syracuse) I was so impressed with a newspaper feature on Ralph Keyes&#8217;s The Quote Verifier that I ordered the book right away. I was not disappointed. There are few books I have ever encountered that are more thoroughly researched &#8212; and so entertaining. The book is either a conversation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/quote/reviews-quote/verifiably-excellent/</link>
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		<title>National Post (Canada)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[April 4, 2009 Our everyday speech is filled with arcane references we don’t even know we’re making, terms Ralph Keyes calls verbal fossils.  Examples include “cooties” (a term for body lice that afflicted First World War soldiers while fighting in the trenches), “reading between the lines” (derived from people writing secret messages in invisible ink [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/national-post/</link>
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		<title>Silver Wolf &#8211; Literary Commentary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ralph Keyes is releasing a new book, called I Love it When You Talk Retro. Detailing the history of cultural slang and the evolution of popular phrases. As a word nerd, I’d probably end up buying this just for fun if I saw it at a bookstore.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/internet-retro/silver-wolf/</link>
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		<title>Air Talk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hear Ralph on this KPCC show in Los Angeles by clicking on the link.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/air-talk/</link>
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		<title>BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH (UK)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Author Q &#38; A: Ralph Keyes In his time prolific American writer Ralph Keyes has tackled a whole range of non-fiction topics, from the lingering effects of life at high school to the importance of one’s height (or lack thereof). Keyes has a particular fascination with the vagaries of language, and his latest book dissects [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/press-euphemania/big-issue-in-the-north-uk/</link>
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		<title>National Post (Canada)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The softest slurs: Humans have always needed to avoid saying what they’re saying As long as we have had language we have had the need not to say what we have to say. No culture and no period in history have been exempt from euphemisms, least of all our own. Don’t even try to avoid [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/national-post-canada/</link>
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		<title>Times Literary Supplement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Times Literary Supplement, May 8, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/press-retro/times-literary-supplement/</link>
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		<title>A MAGNIFICENT BOOK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Amazon.com 5 Stars Patrick O&#8217;Connor, writer and book lover (Glendale CA) The Quote Verifier is entirely magnificent. Who can resist this book? I can&#8217;t stop reading it. It&#8217;s like eating peanuts: once you start you can&#8217;t stop. Patrick O&#8217;Connor is the author of Don’t Look Back]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/quote/reviews-quote/a-magnificent-book/</link>
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		<title>Hartford Courant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[June 20, 2009 Gen X&#8217;ers with iPod buds stuck into their ears might puzzle over the meaning of terms derived from phonograph records: &#8220;flip side,&#8221; &#8220;like a broken record&#8221; and &#8220;in the groove.&#8221; Ralph Keyes is here to help with &#8220;I Love It When You Talk Retro&#8221; (St. Martin&#8217;s, $25.95), which describes the origins of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/hartford-courant/</link>
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		<title>Phrase Finder Derivations Discussion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Posted by ESC Got a new book: I Love It When You Talk Retro by Ralph Keyes (St. Martin&#8217;s Press, New York, 2009). Interesting terms on Page 3: Retrotalk &#8212; allusions to past phenomena. Retroterms &#8211; verbal artifacts/verbal fossils that &#8220;hang around in our national conversation long after the topic they refer to has galloped [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/internet-retro/phrase-finder/</link>
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		<title>Book Nook I</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part one of Ralph&#8217;s two-part appearance on Vick Mickunas&#8217;s Book Nook show can be heard by clicking on the link.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/book-nook-i/</link>
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		<title>The Antioch Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Euphemania: Show Me the Liquidity an excerpt by Ralph Keyes Euphemisms are an accurate barometer of changing attitudes.  Verbal evasions put a spotlight on what most concerns human beings at any given time.  This is as true today as it was when the Victorians considered legs too titillating to be mentioned by name.  (Limbs was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/press-euphemania/the-antioch-review/</link>
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		<title>New York Journal of Books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ralph Keyes begins his book, Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms, with a rather dull example from another author’s book. This is unfortunate because Euphemania, a fascinating and current treatise on what Keyes calls “the age-old challenge of finding respectable euphemisms for dubious terms,” deserves a better introduction. Perhaps one of the best indications of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/new-york-journal-of-books/</link>
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		<title>NYT Talks Like Montgomery Burns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Columbia Journalism Review, May 11, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/press-retro/montgomery-burns/</link>
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		<title>THE RIGHT VERIFIER</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Amazon.com 5 stars L. Longfellow I could not have imagined a reference book that reads like a novel. Fortunately, Ralph Keyes could. An exceptional accomplishment. Layne Longfellow, Ph.D., Longfellow Reads Longfellow]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/quote/reviews-quote/the-right-verifier/</link>
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		<title>St. Petersburg Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November 1, 2009 I Love It When You Talk Retro (St. Martin&#8217;s) by Ralph Keyes explains the origins of colorful phrases for which younger people may have no cultural context, like saying someone sounds like a broken record or an object is bigger than a breadbox.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/st-petersburg-times/</link>
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		<title>Sophisticated Hokum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A [screen]writer’s website and blog by J.K. Radomski Retro Speak: The Houston Chronicle ran a short interview with Ralph Keyes last week. He’s the author of the book I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech, which looks at the origins of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/internet-retro/sophisticated-hokum/</link>
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		<title>Book Nook II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click here for part two.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/book-nook-ii/</link>
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		<title>Dayton Daily News (Ohio)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Author’s ‘Love Affair With Euphemisms’ is a classic My dictionary defines “euphemism” as: “the substitution of a mild or indirect expression for one thought to be offensive or blunt.” We all employ euphemisms, some of us more than others. They can soften verbal blows. They can help us to circle around unpleasant topics. Ralph Keyes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/dayton-daily-news-ohio/</link>
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		<title>Why I Write</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Publishers Weekly, May 11, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/press-retro/why-i-write/</link>
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		<title>WORTH EVERY PENNY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Amazon.com 4 stars Phillip G. Knightley This book does exactly what the title says it does. All those quotes you use from time to time and never know the source are now a thing of the past. I wrote a book once called &#8220;The First Casualty&#8221;, taken from the quote &#8220;The first casualty when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/quote/reviews-quote/worth-every-penny/</link>
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		<title>Philadelphia Inquirer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[January 17, 2010 As for gung-ho, Ralph Keyes points out in his new I Love It When You Talk Retro that it was the motto of a New Zealand group, taken from the Chinese words kung and ho &#8211; work and together. A colonel in the South Pacific adopted it for his Marine battalion, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/philadelphia-inquirer/</link>
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		<title>History Geek</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eating Crow, Passing the Buck and Talking Turkey I painted this study of negative space after reading a review of Ralph Keyes lastest book, I Love It When You Talk Retro, Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech. Mr. Keyes&#8217; previous book was the inspiration for a previous [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/internet-retro/history-geek/</link>
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		<title>All Sides</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An hour-long interview with Ralph on WOSU in Columbus can heard by clicking on the link.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/all-sides/</link>
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		<title>Time Magazine Interview with Ralph Keyes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hooking Up and Using the John: Why Do We Use So Many Euphemisms? Author Ralph Keyes is intrigued by how we say certain things without quite saying them. In Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms, he explores subjects that have inspired creative phrasing, from sex and money to food and death. Whether it&#8217;s because we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/whats-new/time-interview/</link>
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		<title>Yellow Springs News (Ohio)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Quirky History of Euphemisms I have been having a lot of fun reading Ralph Keyes’s latest book Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms.  He’s a smart guy and he’s written a lot of smart books – this is his fifteenth book – and this is another one. Keyes opens his fascinating book with a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/yellow-springs-news-ohio/</link>
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		<title>Euphemism of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, the euphemism of the week is &#8220;second amendment remedies.&#8221;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/euphemism-of-the-week-5/</link>
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		<title>Business Standard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Usage, abusage and cover ups Winston Churchill once said, “In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” But the shrewd political leader took little care to avoid plain speaking in other circumstance. Once at a dinner party in Virginia before World War II, he called, breast [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/business-standard/</link>
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		<title>Talking Retro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the Media, June 5, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/press-retro/talking-retro/</link>
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		<title>YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THIS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Amazon.com 5 stars Beckman Communications &#8220;book doctor&#8221; (Cincinnati, Ohio) Two years ago, my co-workers made fun of me because I tried to use the word &#8220;eponymous&#8221; in a news release. They deleted it, saying that no one knows what that word means anymore. One of the many things I like about Ralph Keyes is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buffalo News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[February 7, 2010 From pink slips to red tape, from asking “Where’s the beef?” to looking a gift horse in the mouth, American English has thousands of interesting colloquialisms. Benchmarks are still vital today, but who remembers that they were once small metal markers placed in the ground by surveyors? Ralph Keyes does. The author [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MY SKY BLUE PORTFOLIO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And, by the way, if you love the American-esque expressions of this post, you might want to check-out a new book called I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech by Ralph Keyes. I ordered the book at my library and can&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of Affairs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another hour-long interview with Ralph, on WFPL in Louisville can be heard by clicking the link above.]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Mail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blimey! The rude truth behind those euphemisms We live in a world of euphemism. Are you ill, or just a little under the weather? Are you an oldie, or a pensioner, or a senior citizen? Are you unemployed, or between jobs, or (like a couple of friends of mine) currently freelancing as a consultant? Everywhere [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday Guardian snippets: on euphemisms . . . Ralph Keyes’ book Unmentionables (originally published as Euphemania and now subtitled “From Family Jewels to Friendly Fire – What We Say Instead of What We Mean”) is an entertaining look at the history of euphemistic language, ranging from ribald Shakespearean lines (Iago to Desdemona’s distraught father: “Your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Reading: from OED to OMG</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hartford Courant By Rob Kyff Gen X&#8217;ers with iPod buds stuck into their ears might puzzle over the meaning of terms derived from phonograph records: &#8220;flip side,&#8221; &#8220;like a broken record&#8221; and &#8220;in the groove.&#8221; Ralph Keyes is here to help with &#8220;I Love It When You Talk Retro&#8221; (St. Martin&#8217;s, $25.95), which describes the [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Amazon.com 4 Stars Todd Hagopian &#8220;CEO of the Hagopian Institute  (Michigan) If you are a quote enthusiast who loves to know the history behind the quotes, this is a very good book for you. I am a purist, and just enjoy reading great quotes and having a source to attribute them to, so the [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regina Sunderland&#8217;s book reviews, book announcements, book introductions and book discussion club. It&#8217;s all about books! April 19, 2010 Buzz up! What a find at my local Library. I am one of those goofy people who simply love to use retro phrases and enjoy discovering where they come from. I Love It When You Talk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YOU DON&#039;T SAY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John E. McIntyre Talk retro to me May 9, 2009 This one is for the Young People, if any such lurk among my readers. Are you mystified by the peculiar turns of speech when Baby Boomers talk? Do you feel ashamed that at your unfamiliarity with the TV series of the late 1950s and early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TresSugar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[7 Outdated Sex and Dating Euphemisms Euphemisms aren&#8217;t going anywhere. We still use them for war, weight, and vaginas. The euphemism-word ratio in romance novels is too much trouble to calculate. But euphemisms change with society; old euphemisms are now everyday words (spend) and once-ordinary words (intercourse) are now uncomfortable letter arrangements. Author Ralph Keyes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon Review: Do You Have to Do #1 or #2?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***** 5 stars Ralph Keyes has done it again. in EUPHEMANIA he has written another &#8220;read it in one sitting.&#8221; book. I had other things to do &#8212; it&#8217;s a week before Christmas &#8212; but I couldn&#8217;t stop reading it. The naughty bits &#8212; euphemisms for #1 and #2 &#8212; see what I mean &#8212; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/amazon-review-oconnor/</link>
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		<title>Some Terms That Have Outlived Their Roots but Not Their Usefulness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Voice of America, June 18, 2009]]></description>
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		<title>THE BLACK BOOK OF QUOTES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Amazon.com 4.Stars D. Olinger This is not the type of book to read straight through, but rather to pick up from time to time and learn the brief history of the most famous quotations in English history. Most often, the myth does not match the fact. But, the history is never dull and Keyes&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Land of Curly Hair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[March 31, 2010 BOOKS I FINISHED &#8211; MARCH 2010 This was another totally random selection off an endcap at the library. I read it in little snippets over the month. Loved it! I&#8217;ll probably buy a copy for our family, as I think it&#8217;s an excellent way to chalk up some time for English and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/the-land-of-curly-hair/</link>
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		<title>The Standard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[St. Catharines, Ontario The following books are available at the St. Catharines Public Library. I LOVE IT WHEN YOU TALK RETRO: Hoochie coochie, double whammy, drop a dime, and the forgotten origins of American speech,by Ralph Keyes What a hoot! Who would have thought a book on slang and speech patterns could deliver the goods. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Another New Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms is a joy to read. Well written, smart and thoroughly entertaining, this book should be on the must-read list of anyone who enjoys words and / or is fascinated by the English language. This is not a humor book but I laughed out loud more times than I can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon Review: A &quot;page turner&quot;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***** 5 stars It&#8217;s unusual to call a non-fiction book a &#8220;page turner.&#8221; Yet Ralph Keyes&#8217; EUPHEMANIA fits the bill. Once I started reading his exploration into the many facets of euphemisms, I was enthralled. Keyes has struck a rich vein with the subject of his latest book. Euphemisms reveal a great deal about a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/amazon-review-ramo/</link>
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		<title>Florida Weekly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Florida Weekly July 29, 2009 THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE IS A RICH AND COLORFUL thing, full of strange words and unusual phrases. NANCY STETSON nstetson@floridaweekly.com &#8220;One thing I like about language is the way it reflects our culture, our social history,&#8221; says writer Ralph Keyes (his last name rhymes with eyes.) &#8220;There&#8217;s just endless variation and [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Amazon.com 4 Stars Shannon Reynolds &#8220;The Husband&#8221; (Milford, OH United States) I love quotes and I never really trust the source. Well, this book exhaustively evaluates who said what. Sometimes the conclusion is almost as unbelievable as the source of the quote. I like the book very much! There are too many quotes where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Telegraph (Calcutta, India)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A hilarious study of the &#8220;birth,&#8221; &#8220;death&#8221; and functions of euphemisms. Euphemisms, or “comfort words” as Keyes calls them, serve the purpose of camouflaging what is considered to be socially unpalatable. More often than not, they are used in the context of taboo topics such as bodily waste, the human anatomy and sex. The anecdotes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Little Blog of Stories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[March 13, 2010 Ah, the title says it all!  I Love It When You Talk Retro, by Ralph Keyes, is a wonderful peek into the lost origins of some of America&#8217;s most beloved and obscure words and phrases.  Did you know that the word &#8216;doofus&#8217; came from Popeye the comic strip?  Didn&#8217;t think so!  I&#8217;d [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fritinancy: Names, brands, writing, and the quirks of the English language. Word of the Week: Tabloid Tabloid: A reduced-format newspaper, generally half the size of a traditional broadsheet paper, that opens like a magazine for easier reading on buses and subway trains. Introduced in the late 19th century in England and the United States, tabloid [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Road to Here In polite society (we are polite here aren&#8217;t we?) there are certain words and terms used to describe bodily functions, sex, etc that we do not like to utter aloud. So what do we do? We could perhaps avoid the subject(s) altogether. But after awhile this could make conversation rather difficult [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon Review: Gadzooks, zounds, sugar and fudge!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***** 5 stars While not providing the definitive list of euphemisms in the English language, Ralph Keyes&#8217; &#8220;Euphemania&#8221; provides just enough word history and naughtiness to make it entertaining throughout. I had no idea, for instance, that &#8220;white meat&#8221;, &#8220;dark meat&#8221; and &#8220;drumstick&#8221; were food euphemisms to prevent our Victorian ancestors from saying the words [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wagging the Dog]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Living, Laughing, Loving March 12, 2010 When I first saw this book advertised in the Philadelphia Inquirer, I knew it was something I needed to add to my collection. I work with many ‘senior’ individuals, and they often throw out phrases that I have no clue what they mean. Have you ever been there? Someone [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evelyn Holingue, A French Woman Living and Writing in the USA One of the best things after the excitement of Christmas is to enjoy the gifts offered by family and friends. Once more, my husband managed to give me great gifts. Okay, I tipped him for one of the books he offered me. Only because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon Review: Choosing words with care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***** 5 stars Ralph Keyes has delved into our human nature here. We use euphemisms to soften our words. To disguise them. To wrap them in pretty distracting language. We say what we mean on occasion but mostly we dissemble. We euphemize. We hide behind words that are seemingly less offensive than what we could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon Review: Bridget Hopper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[**** 4 stars I had so much fun reading this book! EUPHEMANIA is unbelievably witty and entertaining. I never really gave much thought about where euphemisms came from and why they started. Ever since I finished reading this book, I&#8217;ve noticed how much I use them and it&#8217;s astounding! When you&#8217;re in the mood to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GenTrends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 2009 To Ponder. . . Back in woodshed times, American boys itching for a fight sometimes announced this fact by placing a chip on their shoulder,then daring someone to knock it off. Although fastidious contemporary ears like to think this was a sliver of wood, the chip in question was more likely to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Librarians Do It Between the Covers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll have the toothfish and the thymus glands, please. From NPR’s Talk of the Nation last week, a great bit on euphemisms — where they come from and why we use them — and the new release by Ralph Keyes, Euphemania: Our Love Affair With Euphemisms. A euphemism can be more than just a clever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon Review: Euphemisms from One Culture to Another</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***** 5 stars A great title for a well researched (check the complete bibliography) and enjoyable book that, anyone who likes language, and the way it evolves will read in a day. Keyes draws almost all of his examples from the anglo-saxon culture, switching from England to the USA. He mentions a few Spanish words [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Book Review – “I Love It When You Talk Retro,” June 1, 2009 By J.A. O’Sullivan The cover says it all: hoochie coochie, double whammy, drop a dime. “I Love It When You Talk Retro,” a new book by Ralph Keyes, explores the history of America’s slang, sayings and street talk. Written crisply and divided [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Momentary Taste of Being This sounds like one of those really interesting books I would never pick up if not recommended by so redoubtable a source as Biblioklept, with whom I do not agree on everything, but whose wide-ranging and eclectic interests never fail to intrigue&#8211;I have found many, many good things to read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon Review: Mary L. Jacobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[**** 4 stars If you are a word freak like me, you are going to love this book. Euphemania explains where we get common turns of phrase like &#8220;pushing up daisies&#8221; and other obscure references. The book is very entertaining and gives insight to historical references. I really enjoyed reading this one and it would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Euphemism of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The commander of a ship based in San Diego was recently fired by the Navy for being “unduly familiar” with members of his crew.]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[News, views and insight for the professional and corporate community It’s Retro &#8211; But What Does It Mean? June 3, 2009 Many of us in the professional sector will today bemoan the deadlines that govern our every move. Whether we’re working in marketing, legal services, PR or even good old journalism, it’s as likely as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hope Chest Reviews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Star Rating: 5 Author Ralph Keyes takes readers on an exploration of euphemisms past and present. How and where did some of our most popular euphemisms originate? Why are some formerly popular euphemisms no longer in use? Why do we use euphemisms and what does that say about our culture? Almost as much a study on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon Review: A treasure trove for wordsmiths or anyone who loves language</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***** 5 stars Before I picked up Ralph Keyes&#8217; latest book, Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms, I admit, my understanding and appreciation of the role and breadth of euphemisms in our society and language was merely skin deep. As someone interested in the intricacies and nuances of language, I wanted to dig deeper. Keyes, [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Staff Picks: Books, June 18, 2009 I Love It When You Talk Retro Retrotalk and retroterms. These words are used by Ralph Keyes to describe the subject of his 2009 book I Love It When You Talk Retro. The main point of this volume is to give histories of words and phrases, the full meaning [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sweeps4Bloggers Euphemania is just perfect for my family. You can read it straight through or it’s nice to leave it sitting out and pick it up every now and then for a little fun. This book is great for anyone who loves trivia or has a quirky sense of humor. It fascinates and amuses. I’ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon UK Reviews: Dave Mearns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***** 5 stars &#8216;Unmentionables&#8217; is an analysis of the use of euphenism in our language. The days are long gone when we can use straightforward language to describe everyday events. Instead we must dress our concepts with ever refreshed new clothes so that they are fit for polite society and change those clothes when the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/reviews-euphemania/amazon-uk-reviews-mearns/</link>
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		<title>DNA Daily News &amp; Analysis, Mumbai</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you can&#8217;t call a spade a spade To cover our ears when we say what we simply must not say, we constantly coin instead words that are more muted and polite. Thus underdeveloped countries became developing ones, a little bastard is a lovechild and the stock market collapse is an equity retreat. We are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PhillyBurbs.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This book is the bee&#8217;s knees. I have no idea what that means, June 30, 2009 I have a love/hate relationship with expressions and phrases. I use them constantly; hair of the dog, hold your horses, juggernaut and selling like hotcakes. That last expression is actually one of the reasons I also hate certain expressions. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biblioklept</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Biblioklept In his new book Euphemania, a cultural history of euphemisms, Ralph Keyes takes a frank and often bawdy look at why we use euphemisms in social and political discourse, even when such evasions can degrade communication. “We all rely on euphemisms to tiptoe around what makes us uneasy, and have done so for most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/biblioklept/</link>
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		<title>Amazon UK Reviews: A good read and a thoughtful analysis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[**** 4 stars Ralph Keyes is well known in the US for producing books featuring both analyses of social trends, and a knack for writing well and entertainingly about them. This book focuses on euphemisms and how they are used, tracing their development in Europe and North America as a response to changing social pressures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arch Thinking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A repository of my thoughts about books, art, and architecture Review: I Love It When You Talk Retro  July 2, 2009 Do you know what a Venn diagram is? It&#8217;s the kind of diagram with two or more circles, showing overlap between different groups. If you were to draw one with pop culture history books [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Readaholic I had so much fun reading this book!  EUPHEMANIA is unbelievably witty and entertaining.  I never really gave much thought about where euphemisms came from and why they started.  Ever since I finished reading this book, I&#8217;ve noticed how much I use them and it&#8217;s astounding!  When you&#8217;re in the mood to learn something [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/readaholic/</link>
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		<title>Lee Aulson&#039;s Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nerd Chic: July 3, 2009 I came for a certain book and left with this one. The cover was unattractively Lichensteinian but I didn&#8217;t judge. It&#8217;s basically a collection of western idiomatic language that dates back to ancient times to the present. Written by Ralph Keyes, who has written 15 books before, &#8220;I LOVE IT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The First Gates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The First Gates Show of hands: how many know why the British used to refer to bedbugs as Norfolk-Howards? Just as I thought. Or why a one-o’clock meant a fart in Australia? You can find out in: Euphemania: Our Love Affair With Euphemisms, by Ralph Keyes. Answers: * In Victorian England, “bug” was a vulgar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/the-first-gates/</link>
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		<title>Ralph interviewed on AirTalk (KPCC)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ralph was interviewed on AirTalk, a program on KPCC in Los Angeles on December 29, 2010 about his book Euphemania. More information is available on the KPCC website.]]></description>
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		<title>Joe Taxpayer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Financial Commentary for the Average Joe I Love It When You Talk Retro   July 14, 2009 Not long ago, I used the expression “sounds like a broken record” regarding a classmate of my 10 yr old. He had been repeating the same issue over and over in class, and that simile seemed accurate. But my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/joe-taxpayer/</link>
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		<title>Plime</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Plime &#8220;[At] one time, Patagonian toothfish was freely available to anyone because no one wanted to eat it,&#8221; Keyes says, &#8220;until a very clever entrepreneurial sea importer renamed it Chilean sea bass.&#8221; Current events have also provided ample fodder for euphemisms — think &#8220;wardrobe malfunction,&#8221; &#8220;wide stance&#8221; or &#8220;hiking the Appalachian trail,&#8221; a phrase made [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/plime/</link>
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		<title>Euphemism of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent New Yorker article reported that an outside auditor assessing a school building project in Nepal was called “very healthy” by locals. This was their euphemism for “massively obese.” According to writer Peter Hessler, while walking from one school to another, the auditor “was overwhelmed by healthiness and had to sit down.”]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/euphemism-of-the-week-3/</link>
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		<title>Library Talk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[King County Library System (Washington) I Love it When You Talk Retro by Ralph Keyes, July 14, 2009 I am having a hard time deciding what to call, I Love it When You Talk Retro&#8211; it&#8217;s American history, its etymology, its social studies, and it is a dictionary!   You can start at the beginning and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/library-talk/</link>
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		<title>Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers First things first&#8230;what IS a euphemism?  What&#8230;you didn&#8217;t think that I&#8217;d just assume everyone knows what that word means, did you?  Pffft!  No way.  It&#8217;s one of those oddball words that&#8217;s fun to say, hard to spell, and used in conversation rather often but not directly.  (Confused?  You&#8217;ll see&#8230;)  A &#8216;euphemism&#8217; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/satisfaction-for-insatiable-readers/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talk of the Nation Ralph Keyes, author of many books including the new Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms, talks about the prevalence of euphemisms in our culture—particularly when talking politics. &#8216;Pushing Up Daisies&#8217; And Our Passion For Euphemisms From &#8220;passed away&#8221; to &#8220;Chilean sea bass,&#8221; euphemisms are a way to avoid unpleasant terms or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/npr-org/</link>
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		<title>Rocket Man Reads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[July 20, 2009 I Love It When You Talk Retro by Ralph Keyes This book is definitely best when browsed or kept in the bathroom, but as it was I got it from the Leisure section of Parks Library, thus 4 weeks only with no renewals. Quite a fun book, it gives the pop(?) culture [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/rocket-man-reads/</link>
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		<title>Scoffery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scoffery Have you ever wondered just why we as people have such a terrible issue with plain speaking? It seems that we are always looking for ways to express ourselves in the unclearest of ways, whether it be with irony, sarcasm or the most beloved euphemism. Ralph Keyes has done the research for us and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/scoffery/</link>
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		<title>MADreads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Book News and Reviews from Madison Public Library Using the Veg-O-Matic while listening to my victrola   July 30th, 2009 My mother had a saying: “That and fifty cents will get you right on the bus.” The meaning was, no matter what, you still have to pay for the bus. An example: Me: “That woman has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/madreads/</link>
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		<title>Brazen Broads Book Bash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Book About Why We Speak As We Do We tend to read a lot of fiction here at the Brazen Broads Book Bash, so it&#8217;s always nice to get our hands on some good nonfiction books almost as a way to cleanse our palettes sometimes.  Ralph Keyes book, Euphemania,  is the perfect mix of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/brazen-broads-book-bash/</link>
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		<title>Mississippi Library Commission Reference Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[August 2009 We post the interesting and kooky things we find while looking for the answers to reference questions. I was especially tickled by the entry on mattresses in the furniture section of I Love it When You Talk Retro. It seems that before the insides of mattresses were monitored by any sort of law, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/mississippi-library-commission-reference-blog/</link>
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		<title>Fritinancy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fritinancy In his new book Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms2  Ralph Keyes devotes two pages to the language of US workplace firings: Discharging employees is one of the leading occasions for euphemistic discourse in the workplace. No one is fired, of course, or sacked, though they might be furloughed (or, more likely, placed on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/fritinancy/</link>
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		<title>Weblog van Marc De Coster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[August 2009 Does anyone know the meaning of &#8220;ping-pong diplomacy&#8221; or the origin of the &#8220;Stockholm syndrome&#8221;?  In case many of the history lessons from high school have been erased from your hard drive, fear not: you don&#8217;t have to go back to school. There are good books for refreshing your memory. Every American that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/weblog-van-marc-de-coster/</link>
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		<title>As the Page Turns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the Page Turns I love learning where certain words and phrases come from and this book was a pleasure to read. We all rely on euphemisms to tiptoe around what makes us uneasy, and have done so for most of recorded history. The word “eupheme” comes from the Greek meaning “good speaking”. Even Shakespeare [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/as-the-page-turns/</link>
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		<title>Daily Mortgage Rates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November 5, 2009 Review of I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech (Hardcover) When our daughter-in-law&#8217;s parents turned 60 last December, my husband and I sent them a box of memorabilia from our common youth containing a &#8220;Don&#8217;t Trust Anyone over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/daily-mortgage-rates/</link>
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		<title>CMash Loves to Read</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CMash Loves to Read Just in time for the holidays. This book is informative, filled with trivia and a fun read. I found it to be quite interesting as to where and how certain terms came in to being such as &#8220;a loose cannon&#8221; (pg 193), &#8220;bookworm&#8221;(pg 228) &#8220;under the weather&#8221;(pg 124) and so many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/cmash-loves-to-read/</link>
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		<title>Ralph interviewed on Moncrieff (Newstalk of Ireland)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ralph was interviewed on Moncrieff, a program on Newstalk of Ireland on December 21, 2010 about his book Euphemania.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/whats-new/newstalk/</link>
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		<title>LARGEHEARTED BOY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[February 10, 2010 This is the sort of book that either makes you really fun or really boring at parties, depending on what sort of parties you go to.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/largehearted-boy/</link>
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		<title>Minding Spot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Minding Spot A euphemism is a substitution for an expression that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the receiver, using instead an agreeable or less offensive expression,[1] or to make it less troublesome for the speaker, as in the case of doublespeak. We all do it.  Bit the Big One. Bun in the Oven.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/minding-spot/</link>
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		<title>Ralph interviewed on The Book Nook (WYSO)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ralph was recently interviewed on The Book Nook, a program on WYSO in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Part 1 (December 20) and Part 2 (December 27) of the interview are available on the WYSO website.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/whats-new/ralph-interviewed-on-wyso/</link>
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		<title>FROM THE BRAIN OF CJHANNAS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[October 30, 2010 Talking Retro I always enjoy when people recommend books to me, but for some reason it always takes me forever to get around to reading those titles. Ralph Keyes&#8217; &#8220;I Love It When You Talk Retro&#8221; is a prime example. My friend Jaclyn turned me onto it, probably a year ago, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/from-the-brain-of-cjhannas/</link>
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		<title>The Romantic Type</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Romantic Type I have to say Euphemania was very funny! I loved every bit of it. What is a Euphemism? The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive. Can you please give us an example?! From the book: &#8220;This may pinch a little.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/the-romantic-type/</link>
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		<title>INVISIBLE THEME PARK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[June 28, 2010 Retro Words I Love I love antiquated words. Some of the best stories about the origins of words come from a book called I Love It When You Talk Retro, by Ralph Keyes. •           The word “widget” comes from a 1924 play called Beggar on Horseback, by George S. Kaufman and Marc [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/invisible-theme-park/</link>
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		<title>Amazon Customer Review: So interesting!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***** 5 stars Sarah Mallory (Sacramento, CA) (REAL NAME) loved finding out about the origins of all of these common phrases. Some I had never even heard of, but some I had an idea of where they came from. Quite an interesting read. I am only 23, so while I have heard most of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/amazon-so-interesting/</link>
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		<title>Our Whiskey Lullaby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our Whiskey Lullaby Have you ever wondered how euphemisims started and why? This is a very funny and interesting book that takes you through the birth of them and why they were started in the first place. It&#8217;s actually interesting to see that at one time they were used for a way to avoid confrontation in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/our-whiskey-lullaby/</link>
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		<title>Amazon Customer Review: Talking &#8220;Retro&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***** 5 stars Margo Dunlavey &#8220;Margo&#8221; (Rockville, MD) This delightful book gives the reader the origins and meanings of a multitude of catch phrases that you have heard, but were perhaps not sure of. It is a quick read. I have bought a copy as a gift for my son, who loves words, but is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/amazon-talking-retro/</link>
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		<title>Bookhounds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My Thoughts: Loved It If you are a word freak like me, you are going to love this book.  Euphemania explains where we get common turns of phrase like &#8220;pushing up daisies&#8221; and other obscure references.  The book is very entertaining and gives insight to historical references. I really enjoyed reading this one and it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/bookhounds/</link>
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		<title>Euphemism of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When an engine blew up on a Quantas flight from Singapore to Sydney, its pilot told 440 passengers that the airplane had a “technical issue.”]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/euphemism-of-the-week-2/</link>
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		<title>Amazon Customer Review: This is essential reference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***** 5 stars Fairlee E. Winfield &#8220;Author of BUFFALOed&#8221; (Scottsdale, Arizona) Not only a reference though. It&#8217;s fun too. For a writer like me, even if you lived the retro talk, you tend to forget. This is great to refresh your memory and grab the feeling of early American speech. Grandma never did learn to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/amazon-essential-reference/</link>
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		<title>Wonders &amp; Marvels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grease Us Twice and Going Offline: The History of Euphemisms By Ralph Keyes Bears are scary animals. They are so scary that early northern Europeans referred to them by substitute names for fear that mentioning their actual name might summon these ferocious beings. Instead they talked of the honey eater, the licker, or the grandfather. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/wonders-marvels/</link>
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		<title>Amazon Customer Review: Pass it on&#8230; Pass it down&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***** 5 stars G. Courter &#8220;LastWord&#8221; (Florida) When my father, age 94, hears a phrase like &#8220;juggernaut&#8221; he shows off with a convoluted&#8211;and usually incorrect&#8211;story about its origin. Now I have &#8220;I Love It When You Talk Retro&#8221; to set matters straight. And no, Dad, juggernaut is NOT a German WWI term, Ralph Keyes explains [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/amazon-pass-it-on/</link>
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		<title>History News Network</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Golden Age of Euphemism By Ralph Keyes Ralph Keyes is an author, speaker and teacher. His latest book is Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms (Little, Brown). H.L. Mencken called the early nineteenth century a “Golden Age of Euphemism.”  A combination of religious fervor and fastidious concern about propriety among the upwardly mobile fueled [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/euphemania/internet-euphemania/history-news-network/</link>
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		<title>Ralph interviewed on The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ralph was recently interviewed on The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC about his book Euphemania.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/whats-new/the-brian-lehrer-show/</link>
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		<title>Amazon Customer Review: A rather interesting book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[**** 4 stars By Kurt A. Johnson (Marseilles, Illinois, USA)   (TOP 50 REVIEWER) Quite a few expressions we Americans use are out-of-date expressions that we nonetheless know the meaning of, more or less. But, even among those that we use, we often do not completely understand the roots of the expression. Well, in this rather [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/amazom-interesting-book/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ralph was interviewed by Neal Conan on NPR&#8217;s Talk of the Nation program on December 14, 2010.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/whats-new/ralph-interviewed-on-talk-of-the-nation-npr/</link>
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		<title>Amazon Customer Review: A fun and informative read</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***** 5 stars By Marty Hollingsworth &#8220;grammawalt.com&#8221; (CO United States) This is a fun book for finding out where phrases that you use all the time came from. It&#8217;ll give you great cocktail party chat. :-)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/amazon-fun-informative-read/</link>
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		<title>Amazon Customer Review: This Book is a Grand Slam Home Run</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***** 5 stars Nancy H. Dickson (Garrett Park, Maryland) This book&#8211;I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech&#8211;is an absolute hoot for anyone with a fascination for the American Language and/or Popular Culture. For many of us it evokes a rich pre-Internet, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/amazon-grand-slam-home-run/</link>
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		<title>Euphemism of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To explain his conviction that global warming is natural, incoming House Speaker John Boehner said “Every cow in the world, you know, when they do what they do you’ve got more carbon dioxide.”]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/euphemism-of-the-week/</link>
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		<title>Amazon Customer Review: Not just for Wordies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***** 5 stars P. Offen (San Diego) When our daughter-in-law&#8217;s parents turned 60 last December, my husband and I sent them a box of memorabilia from our common youth containing a &#8220;Don&#8217;t Trust Anyone over 30&#8243; button, a &#8220;Make Love Not War&#8221; mug (with peace symbol), a &#8220;Groovy Chick&#8221; T-shirt, the Sunset Book of Macrame [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/amazon-not-just-for-wordies/</link>
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		<title>Amazon Customer Review: An E Ticket Ride!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***** 5 stars Gilah Pomeranz (Yellow Springs, OH) Ralph Keyes has a way of defying classification with his books that are a conglomeration of education, inspiration, and entertainment. In I Love It When You Talk Retro, Keyes is at his best, providing a fresh perspective on old jargon. Whether you&#8217;re a language lover, a movie [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/amazon-e-ticket-ride/</link>
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		<title>Amazon Customer Review: More on words from a writer&#039;s writer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[**** 4 stars Virgil Hervey (Ohio) Ralph Keyes is more than a writer; he has fashioned himself into an expert on the origins of expressions used in everyday American speech. I Love It When You Talk Retro is a resource work, complete with notes, bibliography and an index, that can be breezed through with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/amazon-more-on-words/</link>
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		<title>From Jewels to Junk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The most discussed euphemism of recent times is junk (as in “Don’t touch my junk,” during an airport patdown). How we got from “family jewels” to “junk” escapes me. Today’s junk is yesterday’s stones, marbles, peppercorns and manhood. The euphemisms we use with reflect their times. What does “junk” say about ours?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/from-jewels-to-junk/</link>
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		<title>Amazon Customer Review: Great resource</title>
		<description><![CDATA[**** 4 stars By Anyechka (Rensselaer, NY United States) (TOP 500 REVIEWER) I couldn&#8217;t stop reading this book because it was so packed with wonderful words and expressions, many of which I had never even heard of. As I read the introduction, I couldn&#8217;t believe that so many young people entering college today have, for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/reviews-retro/amazon-great-resource/</link>
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		<title>Be Like Sacha</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When determining who to blame for the suicide of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi, don’t’ forget Sacha Baron Cohen. More than any other single person Cohen has established that it’s okay to lure others into humiliating themselves on-camera, then make the results public so the rest of us can enjoy a good laugh. The two classmates [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/be-like-sacha/</link>
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		<title>&quot;Where Does That Word Come From?&quot; Ralph Keyes Talks Retro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Faster Times Ralph Keyes is the author of fifteen books, but in some ways his most recent one—“I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech”—seems like the one he was born to write. Having authored the 1977 exploration “Is There Life After [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/internet-retro/where-word-come-from/</link>
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		<title>The Medium is the Message</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent photo of the Obamas bicycling on Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, Michelle and their two girls are wearing helmets, Barack isn&#8217;t.   Message to the world: women and children need to wear bicycle helmets; real men don&#8217;t.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/the-medium-is-the-message/</link>
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		<title>Ambivalence About Google</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can tell from the way my book The Quote Verifier gets referred to online these days that most of those who refer to it have only seen that work on Google Books. Needless to say this doesn’t please me. Better they should buy a copy, or at least look at it in the library. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling Immortal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Years ago, while doing research for a book on risk-taking (Chancing It: Why We Take Risks), I interviewed lots of skydivers, rock climbers and the wire walker Philippe Petit. Even though such activities have caused countless fatalities, all told me they were sure they wouldn’t be one. Why? “Because I’m good at it.” The implication [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/feeling-immortal/</link>
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		<title>Knees and Butter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been a runner for decades, fully aware that the pounding was probably destroying my knees. A recent article in the Times says that to the contrary, this longtime conventional wisdom is wrong. Studies have found runners’ knees are stronger than those of non-runners, and less susceptible to injury. The same issue of the Times [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/knees-and-butter/</link>
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		<title>Learn something every day.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During a Los Angeles radio show about retrotalk, a caller told me that someone had recently told him, ‘’Don’t gaslight me.’’ The host, Patt Morrison – more of a movie buff than me – said that this alludes to the 1944 film Gaslight in which a man played by Charles Boyer tries to drive his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rocky Mtn. Writer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A word Throughout my professional life, I’ve worked hard to avoid using clichés in my writing (except in headlines!) and have tried to be careful with my use of idioms. After three decades, I must say it’s been an emotional roller coaster. I don’t know if my attention to the words I choose even amounts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/internet-retro/rocky-mtn-writer/</link>
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		<title>Rather be Canada?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In our debate about health care, the clinching argument by opponents of significant reform is usually &#8220;Do you want a health care system like Canada&#8217;s?&#8221; Any time I&#8217;ve asked a relative or friend in Canada whether they want a health care system like that in the United States, the answer has always been &#8220;No way!&#8221;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/rather-be-canada/</link>
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		<title>E-Books and Real Books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several years ago we had to decide what kind of piano to buy for our children. Electronic keyboards were attractive because of their size, economy and versatility. But most reviews I read compared them to “real pianos.” (“Sounds almost like a real piano.”) This raised the question: if you’re looking for a product being judged [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/e-books-and-real-books/</link>
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		<title>Negotiators or Escorts?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When such as Bill Clinton, or Bill Richardson, or Jesse Jackson travel abroad to &#8220;negotiate&#8221; the release of hostages, aren&#8217;t they more like escorts sent to accompany home those whose release has already been negotiated?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/negotiators-or-escorts/</link>
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		<title>Men Among Men</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Would Sgt. Crowley have arrested Dr. Gates if he’d been alone?  The reason I ask is a longstanding observation that when in the presence of each other, men tend to behave far differently than when they’re by themselves, or in the presence of women.  My favorite illustration is a study in which drivers were observed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/men-among-men/</link>
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		<title>Chauncey Gardiner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A New Yorker writer recently called Iran’s president “Chauncey Gardinerish.” In the 1979 movie Being There, Peter Sellers played a dim-bulb gardener named Chance who is, when dressed in the well-tailored suits of his late employer, is taken to be an upper-crust executive named Chauncey Gardiner (because he introduces himself as “Chance . . . [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/chauney-gardiner/</link>
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		<title>Dashboards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A reader has asked about &#8220;dashboard,&#8221; a word being used for computer programs whose elements are laid out on a “dashboard.” This term originally referred to the angled board used to protect buggy users from the muddy backsplash of horses’ hooves. It was subsequently borrowed by makers of horseless carriages for the front panels inside [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/dashboards/</link>
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		<title>&#039;Splainin&#039;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing, Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn told her “You have a lot of ‘splainin’ to do.” The press helpfully pointed out that this was something Ricky Ricardo often said to Lucy on the 1950s I Love Lucy sitcom. Except he didn’t. The Cuban-born bandleader did once ask his wife to “splain” herself [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/splainin/</link>
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		<title>The Patt Morrison Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[89.3 KPCCradio (NPR) in Los Angeles My favorite part of [yesterday’s] program was with Ralph Keyes, the author of ‘’I Love It When You Talk Retro,’’ about how we use shorthand references in our language – ‘’drop a dime’’ for turning somebody in, ‘’Mrs Robinson’’ for an older woman seducing a younger man – without [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/internet-retro/patt-morrison/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Luddite.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three centuries ago English textile manufacturers began to use mechanical looms. They then dismissed some employees and reduced the wages of others. Textile workers organized protests under the aegis of a mythical leader named General Ludd.  During some, mechanized looms were smashed. &#8220;Luddite&#8221; has since come to refer generically to those who resist resist technological [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-luddite/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Slipshod.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Centuries ago, loose-fitting &#8220;slipshoes&#8221; were worn inside British homes. Some wore them outside as well. This was not considered good form. During the 16th century anyone who wore slipshoes in public risked being ridiculed as &#8220;slipshod.&#8221; That term was subsequently applied to those of sloppy appearance, then to anything at all-work performance especially-judged second-rate.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-slipshod/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Whistlestop.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A century ago, towns too small to merit regular train service were called &#8220;whistle stops.&#8221; Trains stopped there only when a passenger pulled a signal cord.  The engineer would then blow his whistle to indicate that he&#8217;d got the message.  When Harry Truman campaigned by train in hundreds of such towns in 1948, he was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-whistlestop/</link>
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		<title>MOUSE POTATO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[retro-book By J.A. O’Sullivan The cover says it all: hoochie coochie, double whammy, drop a dime. “I Love It When You Talk Retro,” a new book by Ralph Keyes, explores the history of America’s slang, sayings and street talk. Written crisply and divided into chapters like “Fighting Words, “Movie Metaphors and “Seen in the Funny [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/internet-retro/mouse-potato-2/</link>
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		<title>ZOOM STREET MAGAZINE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keyes leads us on a retro-romp down Lingo Lane, where the artifacts of language are littered like roadkill.  He organizes them in categories for us (Stump Speech, Law &#38; Order, Movie Metaphors, Home &#38; Hearth, etc.).  Origins and history included.  From “keep your powder dry” and “drop a dime” to “deep-six” and “six degrees of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/internet-retro/zoom-street-magazine/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Loose cannon.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Early warship cannons were mounted on wheels so they could be rolled into place for loading and firing. Those not then lashed securely to the deck were liable to careen about uncontrollably, especially in rough seas. During this extremely dangerous event sailors could be crushed by that unpredictably rolling piece of iron. This is why [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-loose-cannon/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Only when I laugh.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an old joke a survivor of a wagon train massacre lies on the ground with an arrow in his back. When asked by rescuers if it hurts, the man moans, &#8220;Only when I laugh.&#8221; Truman&#8217;s Secretary of State Dean Acheson relied on this line when asked whether the verbal arrows shot at him were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-only-when-i-laugh/</link>
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		<title>BEKKI&#039;S BOOK BLOG</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Language fascinates me, and I&#8217;ve read a few books on the history of word and phrase origins. It&#8217;s always interesting. &#8220;I Love it When You Talk Retro&#8221; by Ralph Keyes examined the origins of slang in our culture, both current and past. It was pretty good, mostly interesting. A little too political for my taste [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/retro/internet-retro/bekkis-book-blog/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Maverick.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the mid-19th century, on Texas&#8217;s Gulf Coast, Samuel Maverick was given four hundred head of cattle to settle a debt.  Maverick had little interest in ranching, and didn&#8217;t even brand his calves. As a result, in southwest Texas, &#8220;mavericks&#8221; referred to unbranded cattle.  This term subsequently was applied to independent human beings as well. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-maverick/</link>
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		<title>Latest op ed.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An op ed I wrote is in today&#8217;s Christian Science Monitor: http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0526/p09s01-coop.html]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/latest-op-ed/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Woodshed.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When most homes were heated with burning logs, woodsheds were a common sight outside. Most of these ramshackle outbuildings were far from houses themselves, making them an ideal location for smoking corn silk and touching one&#8217;s privates, or someone else&#8217;s.  It also was where parents beat their children.  They were &#8220;taken to the woodshed.&#8221;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-woodshed/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Iron curtain.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Iron curtain&#8221; was the name given fireproof metallic curtains that were first installed in theaters during the late eighteenth century. Since the early twentieth century iron curtain has been used by many a speaker or writer to refer to a country sealed off from its neighbors.  Before Churchill used this term in 1946, Nazi propagandists [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-iron-curtain/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the day: Limelight.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During the 1820s a new type of lamp incorporated a rotating container of incandescent lime which was heated to the point that it gave off intense light. So-called limelighting was used by theaters around the world until it was replaced by electric arc lamps late in the nineteenth century. Nonetheless we still say that actors [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-limelight/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Double whammy.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the comic strip Li&#8217;l Abner, a gnomish, scowling hoodlum named Evil Eye Fleegle could flatten any man or woman alive by focusing one eye on his targets while pointing in their direction. That was a whammy.  When Fleegle used both eyes and two fingers, this double whammy was powerful enough to topple a skyscraper [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-double-whammy/</link>
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		<title>&quot;Why I Write&quot;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Publishers Weekly recently ran my essay on &#8220;Why I Write.&#8221; http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6657139.html]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/why-i-write-2/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Jump on the bandwagon.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ornately decorated vehicles wended through towns where circuses were about to appear. Musicians atop this &#8220;bandwagon&#8221; blasted their instruments.  During the late 19th century politicians employed &#8220;band wagons&#8221; of their own before rallies. They said that those eager to join a campaign as it gained momentum resembled the young boys who tried to jump on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-jump-on-the-bandwagon/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Scoop.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After the Civil War, reporters borrowed &#8220;scoop&#8221; from merchants who used that verb to mean going one up on competitors. Journalists still use scoop to mean being first out with a news story.  That term has recently shape-shifted to refer to exclusive or inside information.  (&#8220;Get the scoop on Britney.&#8221;)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-scoop/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Goldbrick.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the late nineteenth century goldbrick referred to a piece of cheaper metal that con men painted to look like gold. Eventually this term referred to all manner of swindles. By 1918 goldbrick was applied first to unqualified military officers, then to any soldier who didn&#8217;t do his job. In time this noun became a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-goldbrick/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Pollyanna.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Eleanor Porter&#8217;s 1913 novel Pollyanna, eleven-year-old orphan Pollyanna Whittier lives in the dark attic of her dour aunt&#8217;s home. Through the power of irrepressible good will Pollyanna melts the frozen heart of her bitter aunt, and lifts the spirits of all she meets. This novel and its many sequels were phenomenal bestsellers. In time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-pollyanna/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Pyrrhic victory.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In what is now northwestern Greece and southern Albania, King Pyrrhus who ruled a small country called Epirus, was notorious for tolerating enormous casualties among his troops. After suffering a hideous loss of soldiers and officers while vanquishing the Romans in a 279 BC battle, Pyrrhus observed that one more such victory would do him [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-pyrrhic-victory/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: The real McCoy.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In mid-19th century Edinburgh, the G. Mackay distillery produced a well-regarded whiskey. When comparing this product to imitators, Scotsmen talked of &#8220;the real Mackay.&#8221; Scottish migrants brought this catchphrase to the United States and applied it to anything considered authentic. Over time its spelling was changed to &#8220;the real McCoy.&#8221;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-the-real-mccoy/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: On tenterhooks.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beginning in the Middle Ages washed wool fabric was stretched tightly on wooden frames called tenters.. The wet fabric was attached to L-shaped hooks along the tenter&#8217;s perimeter to keep it from shrinking.  When in a strained state we still say we&#8217;re on tenterhooks.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-on-tenterhooks/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Mr. Peepers.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Robinson J. Peepers, the bespectacled junior high school science teacher played by Wally Cox on television from 1952 to 1955, left his name behind as shorthand for timid, spectacles-wearing men like him:  Mr. Peepers.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-mr-peepers/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Doofus.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1958 a new character was introduced to the comic strip Popeye: a dimwitted nephew of the sailor man named &#8220;Dufus.&#8221;  Over time the re-spelled term &#8220;doofus&#8221; became slang for clueless individuals.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-doofus/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Dance card.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At parties a century ago women hung small cards from their wrist on which they jotted down whom they&#8217;d be dancing with.  That&#8217;s what we refer to when we say &#8220;My dance card&#8217;s full.&#8221;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-dance-card/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: No skin off my nose.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Calling an inconsequential event &#8220;no skin off my nose&#8221; references the way boxers described a wimpy punch:  too weak to scrape skin off an opponent&#8217;s nose]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-no-skin-off-my-nose/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Scuttlebutt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On nineteenth-century British ships, a wooden cask, or butt, held drinking water. Its lid had a dipping hole called a scuttle. The two pieces combined were called a scuttlebutt. As would later be true of office workers sipping water from water coolers, sailors commonly shared gossip beside these containers while quenching their thirst. In time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-scuttlebutt/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Mrs. Robinson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In honor of movie character &#8220;Mrs. Robinson,&#8221; the older woman played by Anne Bancroft in The Graduate who tried to seduce young Dustin Hoffman, we still call a seductress like her Mrs. Robinson. This is easier to say than “an older woman who hits on a younger man.” More fun, too.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-mrs-robinson/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Cliffhanger.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Those who filmed oldtime weekly movie serials knew moviegoers were likely to return if they left their hero or heroine in dire distress at the end of each segment: tied to railroad tracks as a train approached, sinking in quicksand, or hanging from a cliff.  From this comes the term &#8220;cliffhanger&#8221; to characterize any dramatic, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-cliffhanger/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Stump speech.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[European settlers noted that Indian leaders stood on stumps of downed trees to address members of their tribe. This made so much sense that they adopted the practice themselves. By the mid-nineteenth century it was common to refer to political stump speeches, and to campaigning in general as stumping it.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-stump-speech/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Drop a dime.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in day making a call from a public telephone cost ten cents.  These phones were commonly used by whistle blowers to anonymously report misdeeds.  They dropped a dime.  Those who did this were called dime droppers.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-drop-a-dime/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Moxie.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we say someone has &#8220;Moxie,&#8221; we hark back to a soft drink that was the leading pepper-upper of its era. In its heyday before World War II this drink was so popular that a song was written about it: &#8220;The Moxie Fox Trot.&#8221;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-moxie/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Alphonse and Gaston.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A popular comic strip a century ago featured two bowing and scraping French dandies who treated each other with elaborate deference. &#8220;After you, my dear Alphonse,&#8221; one would say, only to be told, &#8220;No, after you, my dear Gaston.&#8221; Its protagonists made such a big impression that &#8220;Alphonse and Gaston&#8221; remains shorthand for two people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-alphonse-and-gaston/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: In lockstep.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A century ago, many American prisoners were made to march with their right hand resting on the right shoulder of the man before them. With heads bowed, no talking allowed, they could only shuffle awkwardly in what was called a &#8220;lock-step shuffle.&#8221; Today we apply that term to rigid conformists. They are &#8220;in lockstep.&#8221;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-in-lockstep/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Cha ching.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This slang term for money comes from a 1992 ad for Rally&#8217;s hamburgers that featured a fast-food guy at a rival chain who shouts &#8220;Cha ching!&#8221; every time he rings up a pricey new item. His shout mimicked the sound of old-time cash registers.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-cha-ching/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the day: On the wagon.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beginning in the late nineteenth century men with drinking problems showed their resolve to quit by vowing that they&#8217;d rather drink water from the wagon that wetted down dusty roads than liquor. They were &#8220;on the water wagon.&#8221; Those who resumed drinking fell &#8220;off the wagon.&#8221;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-on-the-wagon/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Cooties.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s what soldiers in World War I&#8217;s verminous trenches called body lice, adapting &#8220;kutu,&#8221; the Malay word for louse. After the war American soldiers brought this term home along with their ribbons and medals. Kids liked the sound and the concept of cooties and took it over. (&#8220;Ooh. Cooties!&#8221;)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-drink-the-kool-aid/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Gangbusters.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gang Busters was a fast-paced cops &#8216;n&#8217; robbers radio show that featured the sounds of glass breaking, whistles blowing, guns blasting, and sirens wailing. Within a few years of its 1935 debut, &#8220;like gangbusters&#8221; had become part of the vernacular. The catchphrase &#8220;come on like gangbusters&#8221; long outlived the 1957 demise of the show that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-gangbusters/</link>
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		<title>Retroterm of the Day: Drink the Kool Aid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This allusion to fervent loyalty harks back to the 1978 Jonestown, Guyana massacre in which hundreds of followers of the Rev. Jim Jones obeyed his orders to commit suicide by drinking a cyanide-laced fruit drink (Flavor-Aid, actually, not Kool Aid). Ever since those who blindly follow another person or ideology are said to &#8220;drink the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ralphkeyes.com/blog/retroterm-of-the-day-drink-the-kool-aid-2/</link>
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