Redux: "fact" = proposition; notion

[Dennis R. Preston]

And a lengthy poll it is if one ages during it.

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>FNC reeports today on a public opinion survey by the Pew Charitable
>Trust finding that 26% of American Muslims between 18 and 29 believe
>that suicide bombings against civilians are acceptable "in the
>defense of Islam."
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>   _Fox & Friends_ anchor (said to earn roughly $1,000,000.00 per
>annum): "The older you get in the poll, the less likely you are to
>agree with the fact that suicide bombings are OK."
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>   In the case of this semantic developmentr, the prosecution rests.
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>   JL
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