Doug Ewell wrote:

>
> Peter T. Daniels <grammatim at worldnet dot att dot net> wrote:
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> > How many books sold for $50 in 1987? That's like saying $50,000 was
> > not an excessive price for a Mercedes-Benz.
>
> I was working for my college bookstore in 1987, and unfortunately for us
> students, there were quite a few textbooks that cost $50 or more.

CONTEXT.

Textbooks have always been immorally overpriced (captive market). The
item in question was not a textbook.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...