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    One Out of Ten
    One Out of Ten
    One Out of Ten
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    One Out of Ten

    By J. Anthony Ferlaine

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 15, 2013
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      One Out of Ten - J. Anthony Ferlaine

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      Title: One Out of Ten

      Author: J. Anthony Ferlaine

      Release Date: May 23, 2009 [EBook #28933]

      Language: English

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      Television quiz programs with an aspect of having just staged a raid on Fort Knox are very much in the news these days. Certainly the prizes to be won are astronomical and the contestants scarcely less so. Step right up, little lady and tell us why your eyes look so strange! What's that? You want us to read this astounding science fantasy documentary by J. Anthony Ferlaine first? Well—perhaps we should play it safe while the flying saucer folk are watching us!

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      There may be a town called Mars in Montana. But little Mrs. Freda Dunny didn't come from there!

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