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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>THE OLD ONE-TWO—PANTECHNICON BALLOT</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Give it your one point and two point vote.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Votes are for PAIRS of DEFS.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Linda</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>1 a) pantechnicon, n—in Greek mythology, the gathering of Vulcan and his assistant demigods.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>b) pantechnicon, n—a two-sided griddle for frying sandwiches.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>2 a) pantechnicon, n—a federation of the trade-unions of an ancient Greek city-state, especially the Great Pantechnicon of Corinth.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>b) pantechnicon, n—a reversible argument that can be invoked either way as convenient, e.g. “I’ve waited thirty years and I won’t wait another minute” on Monday and “You’ve waited thirty years, so another minute won’t matter” on Tuesday.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>3 a) pantechnicon, n—a device that is capable of performing all of the tasks necessary in a given situation.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>b) pantechnicon, n—a garment worn by workers in certain laboratories as protection for the gonads against radiation.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>4 a) pantechnicon, n—a hardware store.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>b) pantechnicon, n—a classic swindle involving four pairs of trousers.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>5 a) pantechnicon, n—a warehouse.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>b) pantechnicon, n—a furniture van.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>6 a) pantechnicon, n—a university.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>b) pantechnicon, n—exhausted disgust.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>7 a) pantechnicon, n—a military victory won by superior technology.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>b) pantechnicon, n—a competition in which each contestant makes a painting, a sculpture, and a musical performance.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>8 a) pantechnicon, n—a device used for taking a daguerreotype or tintype, a camera.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>b) pantechnicon, n—a device that collects electric current from overhead lines for electric trains or trams.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>9 a) pantechnicon, adj—characterized by a flowing and expressive melodic line.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>b) pantechnicon, v—to pummel into submission.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Get your votes in by Friday, November 3, 2006, any time zone, before I open them on Saturday noon, EST, on November 4.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Leftover and joke defs, no points allowed!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In no particular order….</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>1)</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN><FONT size=3>the icon on the laundry-instructions label for a pair of pants.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2) a tin zipper.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 39pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 39.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>3)</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN><FONT size=3>a smooth, round stone, suitable for throwing. 4) a convocation of nerds. 5) a gathering of heavy-breathing hedgehogs. 6) the capital city of the clockwork men in John Milton’s epic “Paradise Not Found”.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>7) a hedgehog show.</FONT></FONT></P>
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