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The Oxford dictionary of modern quotations
By Knowles, Elizabeth
- ISBN
- 978-0-19866-275-4
- Publisher
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2002.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2003
Gr 8-Up There's a useful trove of material in Modern Quotations, an alphabetically arranged volume. A thematic index expands the keyword index, and separate boxed categories highlight topics such as advertising, political slogans, last words, epitaphs, film lines, and misquotations. A telegrams category suggests that Oxford may one day enshrine memorable e-mail. "Virgin is the possibility of good times" is an ambiguous comment, if Richard Branson, "English businessman," is not known...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
