1998 awards nominations reminder, the sequel

[Moira Day]

True. And quite out of keeping with our fine old Canadian tradition of
avoiding superlatives and absolutes in any case. It simply invites people
to disagree with us and make loud unpleasant noises in our direction. And
that in turn, simply makes the job of compromising even more complicated
and time-consuming than it really needs to be.

Moira

On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Edward Mullaly wrote:

> At 12:09 PM 1/22/1998 -0500, Michael Sidnell wrote:
> >I notice that the essay prizes are now being given for the "best essay".
> >Is my recollection that they used to be given for "an outstanding" essay
> >faulty? Michael
> >Michael J. Sidnell
>
> To the best of my memory, when we set these prizes up the idea was to reward
> "outstanding" work.  "Best" is such a presumptuous adjective.........
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