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M c S W E E N E Y ' S B R A I N   E X P L O D E R . EDITED BY CARLTON DOBY - - - - "OUTFOX(X)ING THE COMPETITION" Everyone has a unique intersection of knowledge that helps define him or her as an individual. If, for instance, instead of Math and Verbal, the two sections of the SAT had been Donkey Kong Jr. and the 1987 Utica Blue Jays, the Brain Exploder no doubt would have debuted in the Harvard Lampoon and not on page twelve of the University of Arizona Daily Wildcatter. In keeping with this week's Lady Into Fox theme, we're looking for someone with intimate knowledge of both small woodland mammals and stand-up comedy during the Johnson Administration. Which of the following chapter (or subchapter) headings were taken from the nature text Red Fox: The Catlike Canine by J. David Henry, which were taken from the celebrity biography Redd Foxx, B.S. (Before Sanford) by Joe X. Price, and which four did we just make up? Send your answers to carltondoby@hotmail.com by noon on Tuesday, February 17. The winner of a copy of the latest Collins Library title, Lady Into Fox, will be chosen at random from entries with the most correct answers. 1. Growing Up Fox(x) Style 2. The Aisle 3. The Big Roast 4. The Campaign Against Rabies 5. The End of an Era 6. Token White 7. The Masterful Fox(x) 8. Small Burrowing Mammals 9. Catskill Roadkill 10. The Fat and the Lean of It 11. The Big Cry 12. Lagomorphs 13. Rules of Parenting 14. Cutting Your Losses 15. Boom Time 16. Take and Thou Shall Give 17. The Fox(x) Takes a Vix(x)en 18.The Way It Was 19. Keeping Things Straight 20. Red(d)'s Pinch Hitter 21. A Smorgasbord of Stimuli 22. Cosby Orders a Hit 23. Into the Fire 24. Notes from the Underground 25. Does the Fox(x) Ever Ignore the Urine Marks? 26. Up the Down Escalator 27. Gershry from the Other Side 28. ____ ____ ____ ____ Utah! 29. Arboreal Prey 30. Habitat for Hilarity - - - -     MORE BRAIN EXPLODERS

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