Here Is Today's News Bulletin (Perhaps) ; `A Major Scandal Is about to Break in the Toilet-Paper Industry. Makers Have Been Changing the Perforations'
Kington, Miles, The Independent (London, England)
HOW WELL do you follow the news? Most of us think we keep a pretty good eye on current affairs, but it's amazing just how much escapes our attention. And when I say "our" attention, I mean "your" attention, dear reader. So I am going to challenge you to a contest. Here are six news stories taken from the last seven days. One of them is totally invented. Can you spot it? Here we go!
1. After the news that Cherie Blair had unintentionally become pregnant, John Prescott immediately ordered a review of all relevant safety procedures. "Obviously something went desperately wrong here," he said. "I want to know what it was that went wrong, and to make sure that an accident like …
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Article title: Here Is Today's News Bulletin (Perhaps) ; `A Major Scandal Is about to Break in the Toilet-Paper Industry. Makers Have Been Changing the Perforations'.
Contributors: Kington, Miles - Author.
Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England).
Publication date: November 22, 1999.
Page number: 3.
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