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  1. From the British satirical radio show "Week Ending":
  2.  
  3. Adviser:        "Well, Mr. President, the deadline's expired.  What shall we
  4.                  do?"
  5.  
  6. Bush:           "Send in Colin Powell"
  7.  
  8. Adviser:        "Isn't that rather a limited strike, sir?"
  9.  
  10. Bush:           "No, I mean send him in to my office!"
  11.  
  12. Powell:         "Sir!"
  13.  
  14. Bush:           "What would be the result of an air strike on
  15.                  Wednesday night?"
  16.  
  17. Powell:         "Millions of innocent civilians killed and the city
  18.                  razed to the ground, Sir!"
  19.  
  20. Bush:           "You know I don't understand that military jargon!
  21.                  Give it to me in words I can understand."
  22.  
  23. Powell:         "Personnel density adjustment and strategic collateral
  24.                  upheaval, Sir!"
  25.  
  26. Bush:           "That bad?!"
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