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Parsing The Politics Of 'Main Street'

Fresh Air | By Geoff Nunberg
Published October 8, 2008 at 8:27 AM PDT

Much has been made of the effects the recent financial crisis will have on "Main Street." Linguist Geoff Nunberg Geoff Nunberg discusses how this term gained such popular — and presidential — usage.

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Geoff Nunberg is the linguist contributor on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.
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