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Mr Bush, as much of a medical outsider as any of the press, gave us
the presidential assurance that the vice-president had had a
precautionary procedure.

That's correct.  It was a precaution against death.
		-- Alistair Cooke
		   http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/letter_from_america/newsid_1215000/1215900.stm

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