Nunberg admits that some words only exist for spelling bees and tolerates certain slang. [The Way We Talk Now] NYT dld.bz/JgwB

Edward Glaeser says cities play to mankind's ability to learn from each other face to face. [Daily Show Authors] Books dld.bz/PwcN

Allison Stanger: ".. security contractors were just a small part of a much.." [One Nation Under Contract] Books dld.bz/Q8Ee

Brian Greene: "... that a conception of parallel universes emerges from modern physics." [The Hidden Reality] Books dld.bz/RVp4

Kurt Cobain: No journalist has the right to ask me about my private life. It's nothing special. There's .. ["Godspeed"] dld.bz/Pmqz

"The 19 'certificates' referred to the 19 al-Qaeda hijackers and the 4 'exams' to the 4 targets..." [The Longest War] dld.bz/N2zp

Philip Freeman: "Patrick was led away as a slave.." [St. Patrick of Ireland] St. Patrick's Day Books dld.bz/Rm2f

Rumsfeld replied: "You go to war with the army you have." [Known and Unknown] OregonGuard dld.bz/K9cd

"#Emoticon" is a word that deserves to die horribly in a head-on collision with "#infotainment." [The Way We Talk Now] dld.bz/JgwB

Stephen talks to Aaron Sorkin in the hall while people hand them stuff. [Stephen Colbert Report Books] dld.bz/NJXt