firefight = 'an instance of trying to extinguish a large fire'

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Thu Feb 18 17:56:04 UTC 2010


CNN: "A firefight is still going on inside the building."

In Texas, not Asia.

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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