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At 3:19 PM, October 11, 2007
Barry Leiba had this to say...
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At 3:22 PM, October 11, 2007
Barry Leiba had this to say...
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At 3:36 PM, October 11, 2007
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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At 3:47 PM, October 11, 2007
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->Hm, hoo, hah... how would one say it?
"Formerly missing mayor"? No, that sounds kinda silly too.
"Returned mayor"? Maybe, but that sounds like it's the day after Christmas, and he didn't fit.
"Errant mayor"? Actually, I like this one best, but I've just been thinking too much about Don Quixote. And how many people wouldn't know what it meant?
How about "Lost-and-found mayor"?
Ahhhh, it's a headline; how much can one do with a headline?
No, wait, we've both missed it:
"Missing" does not modify "mayor"; it modifies "Atlantic City". He's stepped down because he can't find his city! Which, of course, is a perfectly sensible reason to step down, if you're a mayor, n'est-ce pas?
How about Atlantic City mayor returns, resigns?
Though I confess I like your second suggestion!
Or perhaps with a comma: Missing Atlantic City, mayor steps down ... though that begs the question* "which mayor" (or, if you move the comma left one word, "of which city is the man missing the ocean the mayor?")
* yes, I know what it used to mean: petitio principi. But that has a name (and if we can say "ad hominem" and "post hoc ergo propter hoc" we can say "petitio principi") and this doesn't - except for "begging the question". Okay?
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