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  1.                                     
  2.                                     MISNOMERS
  3.  
  4.                                       ***
  5.                         FINE--money paid for a violation.
  6.                            (Should be called an AWFUL.)
  7.                                       ***
  8.                       ELECTROCUTE--to die by electric shock.
  9.                          (Should be called ELECTRO-UGLY.)
  10.                                       ***
  11.                   FIXED INCOME--enough income to almost make it.
  12.                          (Should be called BROKE INCOME.)
  13.                                       ***
  14.                 ACT OF GOD--something destructive like a hurricane.
  15.                       (Should be called an ACT OF THE DEVIL).
  16.                                       *** 
  17.                      WILL POWER--strength to resist temptation
  18.                           (Should be called WON'T POWER).                  
  19.                                       *** 
  20.                            A PERMANENT--lady's hairdo.
  21.                          (Should be called A TEMPORARY).
  22.                                       ***
  23.                                NEWSMEDIA CYNICISM
  24.                               (Pardon my cynicism)
  25.                          (I caught it from the media).
  26.                                        1
  27.                                 TIME MAGAZINE
  28.                         (Should be called TIME GAGAZINE).      
  29.                                        2
  30.                                    NEWSWEEK
  31.                           (Should be called NEWSWEAK)
  32.                                        3
  33.                             US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT
  34.                 (Should be called US SNOOZE AND SQUIRREL REPORT)
  35.                                        4
  36.                               THE KANSAS CITY STAR
  37.                      (Should be called THE KANSAS SILLY MARR)            
  38.                                       ***
  39.                                       
  40.                                       
  41.                                       END
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