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It is uncanny how each alternative phrase, using the letters of the name, bears such an appropriate relationship to the person concerned and what they were famous for. Lewis Carroll created numbers 3 and 4; he also set the standard for "cognate anagrams" - shuffled letters that produce two words or phrases with a fitting or ironic relevance to each other, such as "astronomer" and "moon starer." He gave the sport a twist when he challenged readers to make one word from "new door." There isn't one, and the answer was "one word". In the same spirit, "stifle" is an anagram of "itself" but not of itself. For those who see mysticism in both letters and numbers, "eleven plus two" equals "twelve plus one" equals 13. A "thermostat" can make "matters hot" and a "schoolmaster" neatly transposes into "the classroom." A "telegraph" is a "great help," but satellite communications mean "its now seen live" on "television news." If newspaper "editorials" contain "adroit lies," the editors may be forced to publish "retractions" ("to recant, sir") and explain that the words were not meant to be "slanderous" or "done as slur." Well, it's time to bring this to a "grand finale" or - in other words, but the same letters - "a flaring end." Extracts from "Weighing a Mixture of Anagrams" by Robertson Cochrane (anagram family motto "Born to Cheer Acorns") in the Globe & Mail. My thanks to Betty Neilson for letting me have this fascinating material. FINAL WORDS - Remember: It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen. - An engagement: a period of urge on the verge of a merge. - Even a mosquito doesn't get a slap on the back until he starts to work. Tony Scammell Editor