Paradigm Enfilade

Howard Kurtz reports on WashingtonPost.com that military expressions have succesfully consolidated their hegemony in American language.

The defendants in the suits "are some of the leadership targets in the war against spam," the piece quoted AOL spokesman Nicholas Graham as saying. "They operate the command and control facilities in the ongoing fight to get spam into the inboxes of our members." You've got war! The airline industry, severely wounded by the war, is pressing the administration for reconstruction aid, warning that otherwise its employees may engage in widespread looting. The Baltimore Orioles are in shock and awe after being pummeled by the Yankees' heavy artillery in a relentless barrage.

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