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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

255. Addle


Excerpt from “The Hex on Paul Ryan,” by Frank Bruni, The New York Times, 9/3/12:

The office of the vice presidency seems to addle many occupants, and that goes back centuries before Cheney. In Aaron Burr’s final year as the country’s third vice president, he killed Alexander Hamilton, his political rival, in a duel.

Addle: confuse; cause inability to think clearly
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