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Phillip Blanchard
 Post subject: Thanks. We've been busy tracking "scrambling."
PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 1:58 am 
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Columnist Zay N. Smith writes:<p>Undoused enthusiasm<p>News Item: ''Stormy weather didn't dampen the spirits of the. . . .''
News Item: ''The soaring humidity didn't dampen the spirits of. . . .''
News Item: ''The loss apparently didn't dampen the spirits of the. . . .''
News Item: ''But the tension didn't dampen the spirits of. ...''
News Item: ''Even a stock market battering didn't dampen the spirits of. . . .''
News Item: ''But nothing could dampen the spirits of. ...''<p>Someone get QT a bucket of water. (Chicago Sun-Times)<p>[ August 26, 2003: Message edited by: blanp ]</p>
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 Post subject: Re: Thanks. We've been busy tracking "scrambling."
PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2003 10:59 pm 
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I wonder if we're at the point where objecting to "dampen" etc., awful cliche that it is, isn't becoming its own cliche.<p>[ August 28, 2003: Message edited by: jmcg ]</p>
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Phillip Blanchard
 Post subject: Re: Thanks. We've been busy tracking "scrambling."
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by jmcg:
I wonder if we're at the point where objecting to "dampen" etc., awful cliche that it is, isn't becoming it's own cliche.<hr></blockquote><p>We get new people all the time.
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