Plotz

Headline from the Wall Street Journal:

Obama Team Plots Opening of Iran Ties

Plots? Really? I understand the need to save space in a headline, but “plots” is a little ominous, no? They could have gone with “plans” or “mulls.”

(I did a quick search of the word “plot” as it appeared in WSJ headlines over the past few months. Most of them refer to criminal or nefarious schemes, but in fairness there were more benign references to venture capitalists’ plans in India, a bank merger in France, and this one: “U.S. Plots New Phase in Banking Bailout.”)

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