"I guess I'll fade into Bolivian now." -- Mike Tyson

[Wilson Gray]

An excellent point, Mark. Suppose that we write it as ",,, fade int'
oblivion" or as "... fade into 'blivion" or even as "... fade into
oblivion," i.e.  "...int[@ @]blivion."

-Wilson Gray

On Jun 14, 2005, at 1:45 PM, Mark A. Mandel wrote:

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> Barry wrote:
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> "I guess I'll fade into Bolivian now." -- Mike Tyson on his future
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> being KO'd by Lennox Lewis in 2002
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> Unless we have a clip, how can we tell whether to "credit" this one to
> Tyson
> or to the reporter?
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> -- Mark
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