Canada point
n.— «The newspaper was aware that the competition sent copy boys to Times Square, the first delivery point, to check for stories and so the edition with the Lindbergh exclusive was dispatched to so-called “Canada points,” or outlying districts first.» —“Lauren D. Lyman, 81, Won Pulitzer Prize” in Bridgeport, Conn. New York Times July 12, 1972. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Many of us struggled with the Old English poem “Beowulf” in high school. But what if you could actually hear “Beowulf” in the English of today? There’s a new translation by Maria Dahvana Headley that uses contemporary...
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