Epitomies

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1.
The Chamber that champions
the virtues of the free market
bemoans its risks and lobbies
constantly for legal protection

2.
Their new drug has killed ten
people-Monsanto's spokesman
says its performing as expected

3.
The righteous congregations
opposed to gambling gladly
accept the Big Lottery winner's
donations

4.
Like the Winter Palace of the Tsar
the enormous drafty rooms of
the five star resort have wall-size
paintings of trophy hunters
feasting after the kill

5.
On display in the Museum
the 5000 year old tomb of
an Egyptian high official
contains furniture, kitchen
utensils, pornography and
little clay figures of servants
to do the cooking.

6.
Appalachian crossroads-
Bible Institute on one corner,
nude dancing bar on the other

7.
Censured for handing out
sentences in rhyme—
the poet judge of West Virginia

8.
One more night of autumn's
Black Butterfly Moon,
yet they hurry on down to
the slot machines at the club

9.
The pistol found in Sadaam's
spider hole will be displayed
under glass in the G. W. Bush
Presidential Library