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Old October 8th 11, 04:25 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default "Heathrow and Gatwick airports: Ministers mull rail link"(twixt the two)

On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 08:20:45 -0700, Mizter T wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15227879

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Off-topic, but I've noticed recently that this use of "mull", which has
always struck me as distinctively American headlinese, has turned up more
and more in UK publications this year. I wonder why now, rather than at
any time during the last decade or so?

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