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font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Great article.</div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Wouldn't it be funny to see the entire audience <i>winking</i> at the president? ;)</div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><b>I don't think it's an emoticon,</b> but the result of a skilled typesetter. The semicolon in question possibly represents the pause Abe made as he spoke through the interruptions of the bantering crowd. It may have been common practice to add a space before the semicolon, pushing it up against the right parentheses on occasion. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicolon">Wikipedia suggests</a>, "Modern style guides recommend <i>no space </i>before them, and one space after." The typesetter used parentheses throughout to indicate verbal audience interruptions and possibly brackets to indicate the natural pauses in Abe's speech. My guess is the typesetter picked up a metal semicolon (example attached) and placed it in the layout with an aim to accurately represent the scene for readers. Semicolons were used again in the article (see yellow circles in attached screen shot) possibly to represent the additional pauses Abe made as he spoke over the excited crowd. </div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Though, who's to say someone didn't read it as a smiley face?</div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Eric</div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">- - </div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><img id="a952e701-93f8-4440-b6b3-ecb834877bd3" height="245" width="241" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:E17E2E15-C39F-489D-AC44-7B038F63B2CF"></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><img id="6ab5ed5a-c245-4d7c-bbca-90afdc1f44fb" height="417" width="478" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:59D435D0-ABCB-448B-B554-CC3623160C37"></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Eric Keezer</div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Sr. Graphic Designer</font></div><div class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">- - </font></div><div class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">MIT</font></div><div class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Office of Communications</font></div><div class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Resource Development</font></div><div class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">600 Memorial Drive,</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">W98-300</font></div><div class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Cambridge, MA</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">02139-4822</font></div><div class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">617 32</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b>4 </b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b>9149</b></font></div><div class=""><div class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><a href="mailto:ekeezer@mit.edu">ekeezer@mit.edu</a></font></div><div class=""><b><br></b></div><div class=""><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>– 2 Attachment(s) –</b></span></b></div><div class=""><b><br></b></div><div class=""><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<br><div><div>On Jun 8, 2011, at 11:47 AM, William T. G. Litant wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>I had read this a few years ago - a few people in AeroAstro asked me about it recently, likely as it was mentioned on "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" I think you folks will appreciate it. <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/hfo-emoticon/">http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/hfo-emoticon/</a><br><br>Best,<br>Bill<br><br><br>William Litant<br>communications director<br>Aeronautics and Astronautics Department<br>and<br>Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction<br>37-395<br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>77 Massachusetts Ave.<br>Cambridge, MA 02139<br>office: 617-253-1564<br>mobile: 617-800-5648<br><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Editors mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Editors@mit.edu">Editors@mit.edu</a><br>http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/editors<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>