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Now and then some startling verbs turh up in the day’s mail. A ’ i headline in Stuart, Fla., let us know that “Political Season Draws to a Start.” In Detroit, “Man is Evolving . • Back to Slime.” In Tyler, Texas, a • woman was struck “by a bullet soar- . ‘ ing straight down.” I’ve heard of ; things drawing to a close, but it’s a -’ • novel idea that something could draw to a start. And could anything soar straight down? Maybe the sen- ' * tences are OK, but they caused me .’ stumbles. [
Stumbles may be distinguished ’ ) from Blinkers. These are sentences that make us blink, go back, and start * over. In Florida a man died in a bizarre accident: “Police think he bypassed the starter switch with a >•. * screwdriver, causing the van to crank * up and fatally run him over.” ' ■
At George Mason University in . . Fairfax, Va., a code of student con-" ’ ; duct includes “gays’ and lesbians’., , right not to be stood too far away from during conversations with - > ; straights.” It’s a right to think about.
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