[Ads-l] Headline at Florida Friday:

W Brewer brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Sat Jul 2 06:45:29 UTC 2016


WG:  << "Burglar Beaten by Own Bat"     Shouldn't that read:  "Burglar
Beaten _with_ Own Bat"? >>
WB:  Perseverative alliteration.

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