NPR's Robert Siegel and Lynn Neary muse on the number of times the cliche "when X gets a cold; Y catches pneumonia" is used in print. The formation applies to countries, economies, businesses.
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Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.
Lynn Neary is an NPR arts correspondent covering books and publishing.