Re: Washington Post style guide from 1970s?

Subject: Re: Washington Post style guide from 1970s?
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:36:59 -0800

Excellent searching. Smoking gun and confession.

A copy of the Washington Post stylebook from the "employe" era
(pre-web and the dawn of the computer age in newspapers) is not likely
available anywhere except in the paper's archives, if there.

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Mike Donoghue
<mikedonoghue -at- post-n-track -dot- com> wrote:
> Try this piece as well...
>
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1988/01/10/stop-me-before-i-spell-again/e1cbf9e9-8f14-4c22-8244-637ddc5129ae/
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Washington Post style guide from 1970s?: From: Michael Wyland
RE: Washington Post style guide from 1970s?: From: mbaker
Re: Washington Post style guide from 1970s?: From: Robert Lauriston
RE: Washington Post style guide from 1970s?: From: Lynne Wright
RE: Washington Post style guide from 1970s?: From: Mike Donoghue

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