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Letter: US election squabble

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From: The Independent - London
Date: 20001114
Author:Andrew Morgan

Sir: Ambrose Bierce in 1911 provided the following definition in his work The Devil's Dictionary: "Recount n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against whom they are loaded."

ANDREW MORGAN

Market Rasen, Lincolnshire

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