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To: Joy Angela
#9 Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-NJ): Like “The Godfather’s” Senator Geary, “The Torch” couldn’t find an offer or a big-screen TV that he couldn’t refuse.

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#9 Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-NJ): Like “The Godfather’s” Senator Geary, “The Torch” couldn’t find an offer or a big-screen TV that he could refuse.

35 posted on 12/24/2002 5:44:14 AM PST by A Vast RightWing Conspirator
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To: A Vast RightWing Conspirator
I am glad I kept reading because you posted what I was going to.

“The Torch” couldn’t find an offer or a big-screen TV that he couldn’t refuse.

Double negative, meaning that the Torch could find a big-screen TV that he could refuse, the opposite of what was intended.

56 posted on 12/24/2002 12:49:53 PM PST by Mind-numbed Robot
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