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After complaining to NYT of the same I received a reply, explaining that when first named the titles prez and VP are used, with subsequent references of Mr. & Ms.

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Interesting. Slightly more complicated than I realized.

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That's an interesting convention. Would they do that for military personnel as well.

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I just spent forever looking for the exchange so I could share it, but itтАЩs out there, somewhere. I donтАЩt remember military titles being addressed. It would be interesting to ask.

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I'm sorry. I didn't mean for you to find the article. I was just musing.

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IтАЩm just like that. Damn rabbit holes. ЁЯШВ

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Me too. I'm a sucker for footnotes. I was reading a math book and it had a footnote referencing another math book etc. It ended when in the third paragraph, the latest book footnoted: It would be valuable to have read Newton's Principia.

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