"The case has been described as perhaps the most serious terrorist plot uncovered in the U.S. since 9/11. However, experts said Zazi, who is being held without bail in New York, had the means to kill scores of people — not hundreds or thousands."
So based on logic, and I like to think of myself as a decently smart and logical person, I'm going to say that the construct of this sentence leads me to believe that a "score" is more, a lot more, than a hundred or a thousand. Although, who uses "score" to describe amounts besides Abraham Lincoln? So, what is a score? A score, according to Wikipedia, is a multiple of 20. Four score, is 80. The terrorist could have killed people in multiples of 20? Aren't hundreds arguably multiples of 20 too? But alas, according to the free online dictionary, "score" also means large numbers of people. Who knew? Large numbers of people that are divisible by 20? Couldn't we have chosen a word that doesn't have multiple numerical meanings? Like, massive amounts of people? or a lot of people? lots and lots of people?
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It's a pretty retarded statement- they're saying he had the means to kill tens of people, not hundreds or thousands. Like somehow, that makes it better. "Oh, he only killed 56 people, that's not so bad."
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