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The X Dames
Porn stars.
Nan Sparrow '47
Curry-on items
Julia Child flies Air India.
Richard Rott, MLIS '81
The World is Hot Enough
007 takes on global warming.
Ethan Pooley
Hard Tomes
Dickens refuses soft-cover edition.
Marie Ayers '35
My kingdom for a house
An even trade in Silicon Valley.
Chris Argentos
Gore fishing
A sign in the window come November 8.
Austin Simons
Parent pending
Fertility drug awaits federal approval.
Richard Rott, MLIS '81
Through a class, darkly
Didn't read the textbook!
D'Arcy Selwood '47
The Rise and Fall of the Woman Empire
History of the Amazons.
Lynne Rauscher-Davoust '57
South Pork
What Trent Lott's district gets.
Carroll Webber, M.A. '48
That old slack magic
Burned-out magician.
Barbara Morley '53
Chicken Ran
How did the chicken cross the road?
Bill Swanson '81
James Bonk
Peter Sellers plays 007.
Randy Stephenson '85
The Ode Couple
They both write poetry.
Rolf Augustine '60
Like Placid
Don't like exciting.
Bill Swanson '81
The Cold Rush
Fraternity boys in Alaska.
A.M. Eisenstein '51
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Nerdstrom
"You look great in yellow polyester!"
Dave Peterzell '83
The Yankee Flipper
George Steinbrenner hires dolphin to play center field.
Susan Toyofuku '67
New Work, New York
A job in the Big Apple.
Tom Vinzent '60
Alexander Graham Hell
"Welcome to our automated answering system...."
Joe Traynor '57
Where there's a will, there's a war
Inheritance squabbles.
Nan Sparrow '47
No pain, no pain
Couch potato's slogan.
Lynne Rauscher-Davoust '57
Tiger Words
Biography of a golfer.
Alan Fibish '52, Ed.D. '71
The Mosquito Boast
"Bit 10 people last night, 248 this season."
D'Arcy Selwood '47
Load rage
Response to a slow modem.
Skip Albertson '84
Our Gown
Siamese twins go to the ball.
Mauricia Price '45
Taco Bill
Clinton gives up Big Macs.
Alan Fibish '52, Ed.D. '71
Designated sitter
Grandma.
Gene Smith '34
Boys will be toys
Feminist manifesto.
Joe Traynor '57
Monday Night Hootball
Dennis Miller's goal.
Dave Peterzell '83
Let your singers do the walking
Cancel the choir bus.
Michael Barclay '73
Maternal Girl
Madonna changes her lifestyle.
Marie Ayers '35
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