Front-page headline, 13 March 2011 Washington Post:
In assault case, anxious parents recognize ‘dark side of autism’
There’s a bright side?
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Front-page headline, 14 March 2011 Washington Post:
As kids get bigger, car seat tests fall behind
A brief moment passed before I realized what they meant.
In normal informal usage, bigger, used of kids, means ‘older, more mature’: “You’re a big boy now.” But the Post means: fatter. Yet dares not say it.
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Photo caption, 20 March 2011 Washington Post: :
This item cannot be printed in a wholesome family blog like this one, but readers over the age of 18 can read it here:
(If they’ve cleaned up their act by the time you read it, the original wording probably survives in the Readers’ Comments section.)
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