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No. 282: "It'll Take a Miracle"

An inquiry into Mother Teresa began in Calcutta, India, Monday, as Pope John Paul II opted to fast-track her canonization, waiving the five-year post-death waiting period. Beatification, the first step toward sainthood, requires a confirmed miracle, and one has already been "authenticated." Name that miracle.

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Monday's Question (No. 281)--"Sign Here":

Five years ago, at a cost of $1,200, Vicksburg, Miss., erected two identical signs. Now one has been spray-painted with the word "hypocrite," and the other has been smashed to pieces. What do the signs say?

"Three Days of Peace, Love, and Music."--Ken Novak

"Lott for Sale--Soft Money Welcome."--Charles Kenher

"Vicksburg's Pledge: No Unnecessary Signs."--Francis Heaney (Peter Carlin had a similar answer.)

"In five years, please spray paint 'hypocrite' on one of these signs, and smash the other to pieces. Thank you."--Richard Nikonovich-Kahn (similarly, Francis Heaney, Floyd Elliot, R. Hastings, Lonnie Cooper, and Bill McDermott)

"Kirk Fordice hates sex, violence, and guns! And he loves Pat Fordice!"--Molly Shearer Gabel

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