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Week 659: Tell Us a Fib

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He could not build consensus
On divisive border fences.
And what about Dubai?
His own caucus won't comply.
If I were Senator Bill Frist,
I would sure be getting . . . angered.

(Elwood Fitzner, Valley City, N.D.)

School Board Seeks Input From Public

Parents and students held meetings to look into putting the Fairfax County School Board on the moon. The community views the effort a public service. (Mary Presswood, Alexandria)

Chess column

When Paris mates with the bishop
It will go the way it should:
With a prophylactic ready
(Unprotected is not good.)
And he is resigned to her measures,
But a further defense wants she:
An elegant amber blindfold --
How he does it, she wants not to see.

(Brendan Beary, Great Mills)

Fate of Metro Extension, Toll Road Ignites Interest in Unelected Panel

The Highest Authority,
From His glass-walled airport boardroom,
Overlooks the scores of smartly clad commuters.
They are teetering on the edge of disaster,
Crossing the line quickly and efficiently.
"Their agendas, worries and complaints," He said,
"Are, by any standard, the Dulles."

 (Alison Franklin, Ellicott City)

Brain Development and Intelligence Linked, Study Says

A federal study reported yesterday that intelligent children appear to develop brains. (Brad Alexander, Wanneroo, Australia)

Rice, Straw Press Iraqis to Forge Unity

Prime Minister Tony Blair Slept in Bed of Straw; to Have Dinner of Rice and Kurds; Hoped for More (Ken Gallant, Little Rock)

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