[Ads-l] modified proverb

[Laurence Horn]

> On Apr 24, 2018, at 10:37 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> /daily/intelligencer/2018/04/republicans-favored-in-az-special-election-but-no-by-much.html*
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> 2. What proverb originally? What modification?

“Close (or Almost) only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades”

LH
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> (Question) Mark
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> On Tue, Apr 24, 2018, 9:24 AM James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
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>> http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/04/republicans-favored-in-az-special-election-but-no-by-much.html
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>> undated article on the New York Magazine web site
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>> Headline: "For Democrats, Close Counts in Horseshoes, Hand Grenades, and
>> Arizona’s 8th District"
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>> The article is discussing today's special election for Congress in
>> Arizona's 8th District.  The point the article is making is "If [Republican
>> candidate] Debbie Lesko wins by double digits in Arizona’s Eighth,
>> Republicans will have reason to feel pretty good about it. Anything less
>> than that could be another bad sign for the midterms."
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>> - Jim Landau
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