In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 09/13/2006
   at 02:57 PM, "(IBM Mainframe Discussion List)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:

>[2] Newspeak for  "chairman."

No; the use of "chair" to refer to the office is old. IANAP, but I
believe that there is a subtle difference between "chair" and
"chairman", possibly that the former refers to the office rather than
to the office holder.
 
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     Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
     ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> 
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