refute = 'repudiate'; catastrophic = 'extraordinarily severe'

[Jonathan Lighter]

2010 S. Palin in _New Yorker_ (Aug. 16) 27: Peaceful New Yorkers, pls refute
the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @ Twin
Towers site is too raw, too real.

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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