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smoking gun
0 Whether Phoenix will find smoking gun evidence of life on Mars is impossible to predict. But Peter Smith thinks success is within reach. 02 br
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00 What's the meaning of smoking gun in this context? Murder? Homicide? 02 br
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02 br 00 I hear this phrase on CNN nearly every week 0-
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0 Smoking gun - one of CNNs most favourite phrases. 02 br
00 I think it means recent traces - in the sense that smoke coming out of a gun is evidence that the gun has just been fired. 02 br
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00 I think it means recent traces - in the sense that smoke coming out of a gun is evidence that the gun has just been fired. 02 br
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0 CNN does use that expression quite often. I'm sure it originated with inspectors who investigate homicides, used literally at first, then figuratively. 0-
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