Fw: Word Merchants at their best...

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< From: "Michael D Ferguson" <mfe252@airmail.net<
< Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 9:26 AM
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< < Tipper Gore, an amateur genealogical researcher, discovered
< < that her husband's great-great uncle, Gunther Gore, a fellow
< < lacking in character, was hanged for horse stealing and train
< < robbery in Tennessee in 1889.
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< < The only known photograph of Gunther shows him standing
< < on the gallows. On the back of the picture is this inscription:
< < "Gunther Gore; horse thief, sent to Tennessee Prison 1885,
< < escaped 1887, robbed the Tennessee Flyer six times. Caught
< < by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged in 1889."
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< < After letting Al Gore and his staff of professional image
< < consultants peruse the findings, they decided to crop Gunther's
< < picture, scan it in as an enlarged image, and edited it with
< < image processing software so that all that's seen is a head shot.
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< < The accompanying biographical sketch was sent to the
< < Associated Press as follows:
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< < "Gunther Gore was a famous
< < rancher in early Tennessee history. His business empire
< < grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets
< < and intimate dealings with the Tennessee railroad.
< < Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to
< < service at a government facility, finally taking leave to resume
< < his dealings with the railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in
< < a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective
< < Agency. In 1889, Gunther passed away during an important
< < civic function held in his honor when the platform upon which
< < he was standing, collapsed."
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