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Language taboos seem to be persistent in American English--more so than in British English, where, although one cannot say that anything goes, one encounters more dirty language on television (in particular), especially after the so-called “watershed” hour of nine o'clock (which some are trying to put off till ten o'clock).
Was Littleton a watershed?
The Post says the Pinochet ruling is a watershed in human rights law, and the Times says it marks a potentially significant broadening of the powers of prosecutors to pursue those charged with crimes against humanity.
The previous watershed for stealth technology was the 1991 Gulf War, in which the F-117 pounded Baghdad with impunity and apparent precision.
Bill Kristol (ABC's This Week ) finds watershed significance in the fact that Hill Democrats deserted Clinton in the vote on future satellite waivers.