[Ads-l] "casualty"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Of course he said "fifty-three" hospitalized.

JL

On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> The mayor of Orlando officially announces "fifty casualties and
> forty-three hospitalized."
>
> A few minutes later a CNN anchor describes the crime as "grievious."
>
> And just after that, a former CIA officer analyzes the situation
> "from an intelligence optic."
>
> JL
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:06 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> wounded in action
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>>
>> A.K.A. "WIA." I wonder WTF happened to "KIA" - "killed in action" - such
>> that a foreign company can sell tens of thousands of cars bearing the
>> marque, "KIA," with no problem?
>>
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>> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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