The World's second oldest profession
- The World's second oldest profession
The English idiom the World's second oldest profession is used to refer to a number of professions.One frequent use of the phrase is to refer to spies and spying.[cite news]
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3490120.stm
title=The world's second oldest profession
publisher=BBC News
author=Paul Reynolds
date=2004-02-26
accessdate=2008-09-22
quote= ] An explanation of this phrase is that it must be the second oldest profession because it is mentioned in the Christian bible.:
Paul Reynolds, a writer with the "BBC", noted: "Rahab, of course, was engaged in the oldest profession."Other writers write about other professions as the world's second oldest profession without stating why they should be considered the second oldest profession.[cite news]
url=http://www.moneyweek.com/investments/stock-markets/boom-times-for-the-worlds-second-oldest-profession-13606.aspx
title=Boom times for world's second-oldest profession
publisher=Moneyweek
author=Eoin Gleeson
date=2008-09-12
accessdate=2008-09-22
quote= ] [cite news
url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E3DB173FF930A2575BC0A9629C8B63&sec=travel&spon=&pagewanted=all
title=RITUALS; World's Second-Oldest Profession
publisher=New York Times
author=Eric Banks
date=2004-08-13
accessdate=2008-09-22
quote= ] [cite news
url=http://townhall.com/columnists/BurtPrelutsky/2008/02/01/the_worlds_second-oldest_profession?page=full&comments=true
title=The World's Second-Oldest Profession
publisher=townhall
author=Burt Prelutsky
date=2008-02-01
accessdate=2008-09-22
quote= ] [cite news
url=http://cedb.asce.org/cgi/WWWdisplay.cgi?0106046
title=Brief History of Environmental Engineering: “The World’s Second Oldest Profession”
publisher=American Society of Civil Engineers
author=Kathleen M. Leonard
date=
accessdate=2008-09-22
quote= ] [cite news
url=http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/239773/results
title=The World's Oldest Profession
publisher=Mister Poll
author=
date=
accessdate=2008-09-22
quote= ] [cite news
url=http://www.uniforum.org/publications/ufm/aug96/couch.html
title=The World's Second Oldest Profession
publisher=
author=Stan Lepeak
date=
accessdate=2008-09-22
quote= ] [cite news
url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/hard-times-for-some-prompt-comeback-for-once-disreputable-pawnbrokers-642978.html
title=Hard times for some prompt comeback for once disreputable pawnbrokers
publisher=The Independent
author=Katherine Griffiths
date=2002-09-17
accessdate=2008-09-22
quote= ] [cite news
url=http://www.4hoteliers.com/4hots_fshw.php?mwi=1342
title=What's a prom queen doing in the world's second oldest profession?
publisher=
author=Yeoh Siew Hoon
date=2006-05-24
accessdate=2008-09-22
quote= ] [cite news
url=http://therehearsalstudio.blogspot.com/2007/01/more-on-worlds-second-oldest-profession.html
title=More on the World's Second Oldest Profession
publisher=
author=
date=2007-01-31
accessdate=2008-09-22
quote= ] [cite news
url=http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/07/03/the-worlds-2nd-oldest-profession/
title=The World's 2nd Oldest Profession
publisher=AOL
author=Greg McNeilly
date=2008-07-03
accessdate=2008-09-22
quote= ] [cite news
url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10457558
title=Cooling U.S. Market Sends Tomb Raiders Abroad
publisher=National Public Radio
author=John Burnett
date=
accessdate=2008-09-22
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