Then the word came: Marin was dead.

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Perhaps to give him their own send off, perhaps to stop word getting out that he was dead and they were weakened.

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But Marshall Field Jr. wasn't dead yet, not in any sense of the word.

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To avoid stuffing their work with dead coinages, the editors use a five-and-five rule: to merit entry, a word or meaning has to be backed by five written uses spread over five years.

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