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Historical Vocab: When We Get It Wrong, Does It Matter?

Linguist Geoff Nunberg finds that in the film <em>Lincoln,</em> screenwriter Tony Kushner oscillates between old and modern meanings of &quot;equality.&quot; (DreamWorks/Twentieth Century Fox)
Linguist Geoff Nunberg finds that in the film Lincoln, screenwriter Tony Kushner oscillates between old and modern meanings of "equality." (DreamWorks/Twentieth Century Fox)

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