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[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 9/21/06, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> Didn't *anyone* like "ate, shot, and left"?

Three million people worldwide have liked it enough to buy it. Or so
says this article:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1863807,00.html


--Ben Zimmer

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