wales@ucla-cs.UUCP (03/05/85)
To "charge", of course, has two quite opposite meanings too:
(1) To accuse of wrongdoing.
(2) To entrust with a responsibility.
For example, the January 31 Los Angeles Times carried the following
in the obituary of Sir Robert Fraser, who died on January 20:
Fraser was appointed director general of the Independent
Television Authority in 1954 and was charged with creating
a commercial alternative to the state-owned British Broad-
casting Corp., which is funded by television license fees.
He admitted at the time that he didn't own a TV set.
Now, what *I* want to know is:
(1) Was Sir Robert convicted of the abovementioned crime? :-}
(2) You mean it's against British law not to own a TV set? :-}
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