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Saturday, May 31, 2003

ii.
Next year. Turn asylum into
a game. Making quick getaways. We
think about money. Off and on. On

and off. Leaning together, Colin
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revealed. They had their doubts (ours?). Some

of the really "toxic" (i.e. super
risky) instruments were known as
"nuclear waste" by those involved.

Friday, May 30, 2003

i.
Bigger. Brighter. A battle held out
over three long pages of in-
cessant newsprint, bottled up

in signs. No doubt (at all) about
weapons ('they could deploy'). A bigger,
brighter catch. Seized on by a 'breath-

taking' statement. 'Necessary
to eradicate.' Deploy. 'Decided to
destroy.' His fight to remain

in.