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We-ell, it didn't exactly say that Bush didn't do any protesting!  I suppose they have to insert their links, but the one caused me to think they intended City more rowdy anti-war protesters attempted to disrupt the U.S. president's visit to Rome to stand on its own.
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Allowed that I have a high nincompoopity quotient in these matters, this headline reads as a simple list, to me. It would need a second comma (or, rather a first) to 'mislead': "Bush, Pressured by Pope on Iraq, Protests in Rome. Or?
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Bush Pressured on Iraq by Pope, Protests in Rome
That's a difficult one to recast without making it seem Rome's citizens were protesting the Pope's pressuring Bush - or- that the citizens were protesting against the meeting of Bush and Pope.
What suggesteth y'all?
Pope pressures Bush on Iraq, Romans protest Bush visit ?
Bush visit protested, Pope pressures Bush on Iraq ?
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but the point is that Bush is under pressure from both the Pope and the protests. I think it's fine the way it is.
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I seldom comment on these issues, but this time, debilitating semi-literacy notwithstanding, I shall. The headline makes perfect sense, and I see no problem with it at all. I must be insufficiently clued-up to perceive what it is about the headline that others see as so problematic. This ignorance probably brands me as part of the writer's intended audience.
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IMO, any misunderstanding could be avoided simply by changing the comma to a semi-colon -
Bush Pressured on Iraq by Pope; Protests in Rome
That being said, my personal preference would be to recast in the active voice, as wow suggests.
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There was another story on the events that gave rise to the headline in question (which I read with the non-existent comma as suggested by
Rock Island) which haed a headline something along the lines of:
Bush meets with Pope amid protests in Rome.
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Yes, Faldage, I think you've found it. As for you, IP - "nincompoopity" cracks me up.  Royalties forthcoming. I have a different relationship to headlines ever since I saw this one back in November: "Bush pays troops a surprise visit" (referencing the big Thanksgiving photo-op). With a little clever folding, it's a great party trick to make it read: "Bush poops a surprise". "Hey, look guys! My head!"
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A friendc of mine in DC sent me this one on May 31, from, of all papers, the Washington Post:
A teenager died dead after an attack in Suitland
I suspect the editor was dithering between
A teenager died after an attack in Suitland
and
A teenager dead after an attack in Suitland.
I did not see the headline, so I cannot assert that it was as reported to me. I doubt the initial article, something that is not used in headlines.
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