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[Clerk Typist]

Never been a big fan of "lede," no matter what the reason. I'd heard it was because Linotype was made of soft lead.

Here's another oldie: UPI.

And why are datelines still datelines if they no longer include dates? Shouldn't they be placelines?

 

[Football_Bat]

What, no love for my Elrod?

I actually preferred LeafDesk in a lot of ways: It was slow as hell downloading, but at least you could find what you wre looking for without a "cookie check" every 10 minutes.