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A C Bowden #220407 02/26/2015 11:29 PM
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M > R


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ARTERIAL

and I demand a

RETRIAL

No way! I mean, no A !

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RETRIAL

L ---> B

will need a new

ARBITER

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ARBITER

- I

..and on a diet so he RAREly takes a BITe..let's make a trade

BARTER

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B > C


CARTER


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It's called

Carter Beats the Devil (see here ) by Glen David Gold

And it's a fun read. CARTER is a magician. (Eventually.)

And I won't take that back.

add T

RETRACT

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RETRACT

T ---> I

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ERRATIC

R ---- > L

..no, I'm sure it was 'the;' definitely

ARTICLE

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ARTICLE

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VERTICAL

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VERTICAL

T ---> L

CAVILLER

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CAVILLER

V ---- > C

..but not too much; he is, after all, a man of the collar

CLERICAL

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CLERICAL

but he holds the key:

R --> V

CLAVICLE

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C > D



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CAVILLED

C ---- > N

..off the old (iron ) block

ANVILLED

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DEANVILLE

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DEANVILLE

N ---- > U

..maybe; but, it ain't exactly Finisterre or Dieppe, either

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but the show must go on!

DEAUVILLE (and my brain wants somehow to follow that with "Trouville")

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VAUDEVILLE

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..and you may well run into it in Avignon; mais, avant notre parti de la belle France ... est-ce que je peux recommender une visite a

VILLENEUVE ... C'est situee' en bel France! Merci .. PS:We sent our daughters to Villanova; maybe I can get a rebate???

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VAUDEVILLE

D--->N (+ A--->E)

VILLENEUVE

Ah, vous avez changé deux lettres! Mais je crois qu'il n'y avait pas d'alternative. Moi, je vais faire de même:

VILLENEUVE

L--->B + V--->R

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V > B


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UNBELIEBER - "not a fan of J" - ooh, that's deep !

drop an E (and imagine a few spaces)

BLEU'N'BRIE


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E ---> G

LUBBERING

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BLUBBERING

remove B

UBER-BLING - the ultimate in ostentatious jewelry

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BAUBLE-RING

U --> O

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O ---- > B

..because it doesn't help us, but all I can come up with

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BLABBERING

B --> LA

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BALLBEARING

B ---- > I

..Ready to receive a safety-guard layer ..or the kind of person who can fly off a handle

RAILING-ABLE ??????

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I personally think we've reached a point of no return.


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RAILING-ABLE

let the GI go

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I agree, Luke .. I was obviously grasping at straws with that last, desperate attempt ... and not happy at slinging it out there

I'll withdraw from political and social involvement, and patiently await the appropriate historical moment. (That's a paraphrase of something I read years ago & haven't been able to recall its source long since.) In other words, what's next? Thank you!

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not a problem, Endy, we've run into that situation many times, but
Doc seems to always be able to bring us out of it, as above...



R > E


ALIENABLE



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ALIENABLE

E ---- > H

..and a limited time only..insulin in a form that's

INHALABLE ... thanks, Luke..you're a gentleman

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(plus a few dead ends along the way)

And did I goof somewhere in the process?

INHALABLE
to
CHAINABLE --> BALANCHINE
to
BRANCHIAL --> BRACHIAL --> BIRACIAL
to
BRONCHIAL
to
CHLORANIL
to
CARILLON
to
CLARION
and onward?

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We all goof along the way, but you've lost me with this list.
It's easy for me to get lost.
Which word is the one you are presenting for us?


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INHALABLE

L-> C
CHAINABLE

E-> R
BRANCHIAL

A-> O
BRONCHIAL

B-> L
CHLORANIL

drop H
CARILLON

drop L
CLARION

and on from here, if you're willing to jump this far this fast.

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I'm willing, but I don't know if I'm able. It does get us out
of that hole we were in swirling and swirling down the tubes.

L > R


CARRION


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from CARILLON to CLARION to

(drop L)

OCARINA

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OCARINA

+ M

MACARONI

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