Tuesday, August 31, 2004

Gerhard Stirred

Here is a bizarre typo from the online edition of today's NYT story on the Milosevic trial:

His lawyers say he wants to call former President Bill Clinton, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and German Chancellor Gerhard Stirred, among many other foreign politicians. The judges can refuse to call witnesses if they are considered irrelevant to the defense case.
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Gerhard Stirred? Is that the beginning of a nursery rhyme?

It hasn't been corrected by 5:15, so it's probably already screwing up Yahoo searches or wreaking havoc on the Internet somehow or other.
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