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metawidget ([personal profile] metawidget) wrote2004-04-13 12:54 am
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procrastinating

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the whole sentence in your journal along with these instructions.

Politicians and government officials blamed the contractors for the escalating costs.

–Bourrie, Mark. Canada’s Parliament Buildings. Toronto: Hounslow, 1996.

The above sentence refers to an 1860 boondoggle that became our present Parliament Hill. Plus ça change...

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