A Gallery of Runners-Up.

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Compiled by Dan Nosowitz

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FRAYED CONVEYANCES.
By Eric Meltzer

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Wires and roots. Transportation at its base.

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GLORIOUS INFAMY.
By Rusty Lee

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Bonds and Nixon. Raise your arms for controversy.

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THE END OF THE LINE.
By Gregg Van Laningham

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Bridge and school hallway. Enjoy the view.

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AMERICAN FIGHTIN’ FISH.
By Matthew Gruenburg

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Religion and war. Statements affixed to bumpers.

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HOLD YOUR HAND HIGH.
By Aryeh Cohen-Wade

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Iraqi ruins and American honor. Our nation is safer.

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LENO’S GASTROPOD PUNCHLINE.
By Michael Rose

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Props and slugs. Beware the redhead.

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GERMS AND GALAXIES.
By Julian Gallo

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Microscopes and telescopes. Thirty-two-thousand-year-old bacteria and the farthest known galaxy.

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RED MEANS STOP.
By David Ng

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Carbon dioxide and eyes of a fly. Which have you killed lately, and which should you have?

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PERPETUAL PINBALL.
By Adam Cloe

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Flippers and physics. Villard de Honnecourt’s perpetual-motion device is not nearly as much fun as even a pinball machine without a licensed cartoon theme.

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FAKE AND BLACK.
By John Raub

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Jewelry and oil. A change in the gold standard.

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PLEASURE AND TERROR.
By Alan Prather

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Baseball and riddles. The basic smile with undertones of horror flicks.

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STROKING THE CURVES.
By Jake Landis

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Roller coasters and hourglass figures. Hold on.