"situation"

[Joel S. Berson]

An 18th century TV news reader might have said "transaction".  As in
"a report of the losses in the recent transactions at Lexington and Concord."

Joel

At 12/15/2006 08:59 AM, you wrote:
>A Fox News medical consultant explains that Sen. Johnson's
>congenital arterial condition led to "an event."
>
>   That's like an occurrence but medical and far more serious.
>
>   JL
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