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Going Nucular: Language, Politics, and Culture in Confrontational Times (Updated Edition) by Geoffrey Nunberg Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 1-58648-345-5 / 1586483455 ISBN-13: 978-1-58648-345-6 / 9781586483456 The words that echo through Geoffrey Nunberg's brilliant new journey across the landscape of American language evoke exactly the tenor of our times. Nunberg has a wonderful ear for the new, the comic and the absurd. He pronounces that: "‘Blog' is a syllable whose time has come," and that "You don't |