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*Hillary

• sp332 12y ago
  Whoever is the most relevant gets the shorter name, in a kind of Huffman-like coding. If you say "Bush" now, people think you mean the 43rd president, even though earlier they would have thought of the 41st president.
  • BocceBaal 12y ago
    If I see 'Bush' now I actually think Jeb, who wants to be #45.
  • tormeh 12y ago
    But the headline should differentiate because there are more than one Clinton in the public sphere. "H. Clinton" would have been enough.
    • tedunangst 12y ago
      "her" wasn't a sufficient clue?
      • tormeh 12y ago
        I don't think Her was in the headline at the time. I think it was just something a la "Clinton ran email server from home" or something.
        • sp332 12y ago
          I think you're right. Here's the old one http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEM_2016_CLINTON_EMAILS_HOMEBREW_SERVER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-03-04-03-15-48 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEM_2016_CLINTON_E... and the newer one http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEM_2016_CLINTON_EMAILS_SERVER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-03-04-08-09-46 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEM_2016_CLINTON_E...
          • tedunangst 12y ago
            damn impermanence.
  • aw3c2 12y ago
    I thought it was Bill now too because somehow the headline "sounded" like it was about something older.