This seems a useful correction. But are we sure this terminology didn't have
Soviet origins?
Jesse Lemisch
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Nagy, Ph.D. <nagy@gwu.edu>
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> Carrol,
> Thanks for the correction thought I could have sworn I had it right.
> best,
> Tom
>
> Carrol Cox wrote:
>
> > nagy wrote:
> > >
> > > I "running lacky dogs" (to use the salubrious phrase from the 60s .
> > >
> >
> > Ahem. Let's be precise in our memories. :-)
> >
> > "Lackeys and running dogs" was the phrase (copied from the Chinese).
> >
> > Incidentally, I never did know the fact behind the image of "running
> > dogs"; I've always associated it with the coach dogs of aristocrats in
> > the west, but I don't know what the source was in China.
> >
> > Carrol
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