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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Things get heated in the back-and-forth of a fight:
He was shot during an alternation at the student union building Thursday night.
There are sure to be a lot of other examples out there, but I can’t go looking for trouble of that kind at the moment.
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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The eggcornish meaning connection didn’t immediately strike me, but when you mentioned it, David, it made perfect sense. I think we’ve got a live one here.
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