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This terror alert has me up in arms, about the locutional incompetence of so many among the broadcast media. It's corroborate, damn it. There are R's in it. It is not "co-oborate" Say it with me: Core - rob - or - ate. Even the Attorney General botched it last night. Is it a Massachusetts thing?
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And don't forget: Be on the lookout for four Chinese national-ists!
Posted by: adamg | January 20, 2005 at 08:21 AM