Word boundaries

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No skewering from me. This is a genuine slip of the ear and worth recording in the archives. IMEO.
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From: Bill Palmer
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On NPR this afternoon, I heard a story about a physician in Haiti who was described as a "disaster's own surgeon", which on further reflection worked out to be "disaster zone surgeon"

I concede that this does not rise to full contact scholarship, and ask not to be skewered for non-serious posting..

Bill Palmer

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