Winging It

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Potshot

“News is history shot on the wing. The huntsmen from the Fourth Estate seek to bag only the peacock or the eagle of the swifting day.” 

—Gene Fowler (1890-1960), journalist, author and screenwriter (Thanks to alert WORDster Armour Van Horn)

• Editorial Comment: Some days, the huntsmen misfire. (Copy editors: Check your cutlines.)



PeezPix by Ted Pease

The Morning Paper








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