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== Real Life ==
<!-- * There is a picture of [[Hillary Clinton]] shaking hands with a soldier while the soldier is flashing a downwards peace sign with his other hand. This hand gesture means "I am doing this against my will."{{verify}} MOD: I cannot find anything on the web that confirms this interpretation. A downwards peace sign is usually the letter "A", or in some street gangs is a declaration of impending violence. Nobody gives the "doing this against my will" meaning that is suggested here. Also, please provide a link to the image in question. -->
* A former student of Nicholas Murray Butler (who was then the [[wikipedia:Nicholas Murray Butler|president of Columbia University]]) was asked to contribute a piece to ''Poetry'' magazine. He obliged... with a [http://everything2.com/?node_id=1091716 poem] in which the first letter of each line spelled out the statement "Nicholas Murray Butler Is A Horse's Ass".
* [http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/headstone.asp This creative headstone.]
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