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PEN AND INK
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ILLUSTRATED: PUNCH 19 JUNE 1957, PAGE 754
LORD MANCROFT'S VISIT TO NORTH UIST, SOUTH UIST AND BENBECULA, SAYS THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, ENABLED HIM TO EXAMINE THE WELL-KNOWN ROCKET PROJECT SCHEDULED FOR THOSE AREAS AND SO PLAN TO ELIMINATE 'ANY UNDESIRABLE SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES'. THIS IS THOUGHT TO BE THE NEATEST EUPHEMISM YET FOR THE EFFECTS OF GUIDED MISSILES OUT OF CONTROL
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