One of the rarest whales in the world

(The Sacramento Bee)

One of the rarest whales in the world
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W-well, it's not heard of near the shore!

Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Rawpixel

Trump’s legacy: Republicans torn by infighting, revolts as 2024 looms

(Reuters)

Trump's legacy: Republicans torn by infighting
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Turbulent clips: Campaigning by frying others

Anagram: Dharam
Image: IoSonoUnaFotoCamera

Alex Murdaugh will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing his wife and son

(CNN)

Richard Alexander Murdaugh
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Ah, drug hex, clan murder, a raid

Anagram: Steve Allison
Image: FITSnews

CDC Health Advisory: Increase in Highly Drug-Resistant Shigellosis

(Contagion)

CDC Health Advisory: Increase in Highly Drug-Resistant Shigellosis
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God - shitty illness, hard to cure. His sign? Diarrhea, gas, even icy chills!

Anagram: Steve Allison
Image: Nathan Reading

Italian cyclist fined and suspended for killing San Marino tourism minister's cat

(Yahoo!)

The cyclist Antonio Tiberi
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O, I sin - hit cat, not celebrity!

Anagram: Aronas Pinchas
Image: Marc

More than half of humans on track to be overweight or obese by 2035 - report

(The Guardian)

More than half of humans on track to be overweight or obese by 2035 - report
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Hombres who overeat become fatty fat, huge or nonshrinkable torpor

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Global X

The Anagram Times Q&A with Steve Allison

From time to time we take you behind the scenes in the newsroom here at The Anagram Times and introduce you to our intrepid reporters. Today, let's meet Steve Allison.

Q How did you get into anagrams?
A A long-ago magazine article about you and your website - I loved it!

Q Do you remember the first anagram you made?
A No, but I remember thinking that it would be a near impossible task for me.

Q Do you have a favorite anagram?
A Having grown up with Vietnam and the Nixon/Agnew White House, I'm a fan of the classic "Spiro Agnew" anagram - "Grow a spine." The off-color variant makes me laugh, too...

Q How do you pick a news headline to anagram?
A I read news daily, and every once in a while a news caption strikes me as having a hidden angle - sarcasm, irony, and the like. If the caption is missing an essential letter or two, I use Google News to look for related articles which have the missing letter(s).

Q How do you make anagrams? Manually, software, a combination, etc.?
A I always start out manually, but after I've chopped it down about half way, using the essential words I want, I use the anagram engine to look for other candidate words, then finally anagrams with the remaining letters.

Q Describe the moment when you are working on anagramming a phrase and the last few letters just fall into place and you realize that you have an outstanding anagram on your hand.
A Like getting to the last piece in a large jigsaw puzzle and, miraculously, it fits the rest of the puzzle perfectly!

Q Approximately how long do you spend on an anagram?
A Usually about 30 minutes (but I throw away about 80% of what I start)

Q What do you do in your non-anagram life?
A Making music, writing poetry, woodworking, and hanging out with my wife, children (4) and grandchildren (8).

Q Some people use anagrams for divination. Do you think there's a mystical angle to anagrams?
A Writing of any form seems mystical - we can leave words as a legacy for future generations and we have benefited from the same! To me, anagrams overlap a bit with art, comedy, and poetry.

Selected anagrams from Steve Allison:

• Mr. Trump’s Random Insult Diplomacy
• What Should We Call the Sixth of January?
• The Humanoid Robot NASA Is Helping Build
• Florida weighs mandating menstrual cycle details for female athletes t

Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention

(The New York Times)

Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention
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Nuns vs. Monks - Gonna hit? No, peaceful fun...

Anagram: Steve Allison
Image: Kung Fu Nuns

Disqualification From Office: Donald Trump v. the 39th Congress

(Lawfare)

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
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Donald John Trump:
Indict The Bratty Chief Felon, Cheap, Cheater, Criminal, Inept, Insecure, Ruinous, Traitorous Tweeter, Hateful, Televised, Unesteemed, Embarrassed, Sore Loser, Soft, Primitive, Effete Boobies, Tiny Mushroom Tooled, Toothy, Toupeed, Unfit, Shiftiest Draft Dodger Son, Low IQ, Orange Con Artist Nonsense Rot Ass...
Please.

Anagram: Jonathan Marc Sherman
Image: Backbone Campaign

Papers drop Dilbert

(Axios)

Papers drop Dilbert
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Lop! Stripped, barred

Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Felix Manuel Cobos Sánchez

All Living Cells Could Have The Molecular Machinery For a 'Sixth Sense'

(ScienceAlert)

All Living Cells Could Have The Molecular Machinery For a 'Sixth Sense'
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Hah - "Magnetic!" - Fun, sensual sex? Or holier. It's called love. Very calm, chill.

Anagram: Steve Allison
Image: Diana Robinson

Focus: Ukraine's children of war

(The New Zealand Herald)

Focus: Ukraine's children of war
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Fearful sick urchins and/or woe

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Houses of the Oireachtas

The brain of an older person

(Yahoo!)

The brain of an older person
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Draft Honorable pensioner

Anagram: Aronas Pinchas
Image: Boris Thaser

Paris Hilton reveals name of new baby as Phoenix Barron Hilton Reum

(Evening Standard)

Phoenix Barron Hilton Reum
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Birth name noun or prolix, eh?

Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Victoria Pickering

Haley swipes at 'faded name'

(Reuters)

Haley swipes at 'faded name'
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female needs dais & pathway

Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: DonkeyHotey

Dolly Parton says she doesn't eat anything that Miley Cyrus cooks because 'it would have no taste'

(Insider)

Dolly Parton says she doesn't eat anything that Miley Cyrus cooks because 'it would have no taste'
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Deadpan: Note - I can't, because you're tasteless. Oh my, holy cow, your vile songs stink. That's that, lady!

Anagram: Steve Allison
Image: Jpellgen

Koons 'balloon dog' sculpture shattered

(Business Insider)

Koons 'balloon dog' sculpture shattered
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Oops! Lord, don't touch keen blue glass art

Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Thad Zajdowicz

Croatian restaurant offers one pot menu cooked by robotic chef

(Reuters)

Croatian restaurant serves fresh menu cooked by ~ a robotic master chef and, ask us, everyone returns!

Anagram: Dharam

Raquel Welch, ‘Fantastic Voyage’ star, has died

(CNN)

Raquel Welch, ‘Fantastic Voyage’ star, has died
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Oh, gad, she was really carved quite fantastic

Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Antonio Marín Segovia

Blake Lively Reveals She and Ryan Reynolds Have Welcomed Baby No. 4: 'Been Busy'

(People)

Blake Lively Reveals She and Ryan Reynolds Have Welcomed Baby No. 4: 'Been Busy'
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Ah yes, news: Blake and Ryan have been busy - lively, lacey blond bedroom revels

Anagram: Steve Allison
Image: The Pop Culture Geek Network