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Old 08-15-2014, 05:32 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by gmw View Post
crich70, I did sort of assume that it was a metaphor/figure-of-speech - but my comment stands: I don't find such use appropriate for a non-fiction title of this type. Which isn't to say that some people don't do it, only to say that I personnally don't like it (I find it too flippant with regard to the real thing, and there is an inherent political connotation to the word that seems unlikely to be applicable in this case).
Touche. I may have misunderstood your post. Still I wager the term may be older than communist Russia, which is what springs to my mind at 1st when I hear the word gulag.
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