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BY MICHAEL QUATTRONE

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 ... In other developments,
 the autopsies on the dead may be
 complete as early as Thursday morning.
 The autopsies on the living remain
 pending. They will be performed
 with a full orchestra and a spectacular

 light show ... Meteorologists expect a cooler
 weekend ... Housing developments
 are on the rise. Creation outperformed
 destruction in the markets this May. Be
 that as it may, most experts remain
 skeptical ... Thousands are mourning

 comedian Siggy Smolka, who died this morning
 of natural causes. "Spectacular!"
 raved the Times, when he performed
 Carcinogentlemen!, about the development
 of the Southern tobacco lobby. Dismay be-
 fell the Hollywood crowd ... "We remain

 optimistic," said actor Johnny Tremain,
 "about the war" ... Yesterday morning
 the president spoke to Congress: "Maybe
 you should know, I have speti—, texta—, uh ... spectacular
 cancer." He ordered the development
 of an innovative procedure, to be performed

 by multiple, titanium, super-formed
 robots. He will be in D.C. for the surgery, Maine
 for a six-week recovery ... A development-
 ally disabled teenager was executed this morning
 in Texas. Cheering crowds deemed it a "spectaclear
 [sic] demonstration of justice." This may be

 the start of a new era," commented Governor May B.
 McClantock. "It's just super!" ... For med-
 ical personnel who wish to inspect a "Q-lar-
 va," said to cause widespread diarrhea, blocks remain
 firmly in place ... Insurance companies are mourning
 the loss of billions due to recent developments

 toward an AIDS vaccine. Further such developments may be
 discouraged in the morning by government officials, who remain
 convinced the cure has underperformed, is "less than spectacular" ... 

 

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