Take Your Seats
August, 1957
"Fanny," my secretary said, in tones implying distaste. "Must we use that word?"She held an author's manuscript in front of my face: the offending term was neatly circled in blue. Gallantly, I choked back the impulse to remind her that, as my Girl Friday, she was required to correct misspellings, typographical errors, editorial grammar and suchlike trifles but was not required to comment on our authors' choice of words. Instead, I smiled engagingly and simply asked, "Why...
