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A bad dinner date.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)

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| June 19, 2006 | Skurkiss, Peter | COPYRIGHT 2006 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

In his review of Ramesh Ponnuru's Party of Death ("The Change Will Come," June 5), Michael M. Uhlmann writes tongue-in-cheek that, when using Ponnuru's effective arguments against abortion at the proverbial "uptown dinner party," you should first make sure that all sharp implements have been removed from the table. But ...

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