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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, January 20, 1992                   TAG: 9201200228
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A-8   EDITION: METRO 
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FIBRILLATION ISN'T A FUNNY SUBJECT

RE THE POLITICAL cartoon on the editorial page Jan. 13: Two years ago, my 28-year-old daughter-in-law dropped dead, leaving a 7- and a 2-year-old daughter without a mother. The coroner's verdict: ventricular fibrillation. You and Oliphant may think "I'm fibrillating again" is funny. I don't. JAMES R. MURPHY HUDDLESTON

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