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The Misleading Nature of Words in Advertising and Politics.

Language Commentator Geoffrey Nunberg will discuss the misleading nature of words, or when a "direct flight" isn't direct at all.

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Other segments from the episode on November 11, 1987

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, November 11, 1987: Interview with Henry Mancini; Review of Yevgeny Mravinsky's and Tchaikovsky's album "Symphonien Nr. 4, 5 & 6."; Interview with Tim Cahill; Commentary on…

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