A new take on oblivion?

[Stephen Goranson]

A mixup for obliteration?

Stephen Goranson

Quoting Michael McKernan <mckernan at LOCALNET.COM>:

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> oblivion=desolation? rubble?
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>> <http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W8RH048B74204BAAEEC7F3D53EB5D0>Vacation
>> Ends, and Crisis Management Begins
>> ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Aug. 31 -- As his blue-and-white jet swooped low
>> over New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, President Bush pressed his face
>> against the window and stared out at oblivion.
>> (By Peter Baker, The Washington Post)
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> Michael McKernan
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