Invasive Romans.

Invasive Romans. "One of the words in each of these 2-word pairings containsone or more Roman numeral letters (I, V, X, L, C, D, M) which representa number when read from left to right in the word," Susan explains."Removing these Romans creates the other word. However, lifeisn't as easy as that! The 2 words forming the pair have anaffinity, in some cases making a phrase." number 1. PARTY PARITY (it's election time!) 2. HAITI HAT, INUIT NUT, IRANI RAN 3. BIRIANI BRAN?! 4. SEE SIEVE, WES' WIVES, GIVEN GEN, INVEST NEST (of money),QUIVERY QUERY 5. VEGAN EGAN, VAUNT AUNT 6. JOVIAN JOAN (as an astronomer, Joan always did have a thingabout Jupiter) 7. SON'S VISIONS 8. AVISIPI ASP (Avisipi is a location in Turkey; an asp is a small,venomous hooded serpent found in Egypt and Libya, so it has obviouslynow also found its way into Turkey!) 9. QUOTE QUIXOTE, BEES?--IBEXES! 10. NEXT NET, SETON'S SEXTONS These 2 pairs of words togethermake a 4-word phrase: TEXAS TEAS DETER DEXTER. 11. EXIST - EST (is) these two words are synonyms, albeit acrosstwo languages. 50. LEAR'S EARS, LEDGE EDGE, EASE LEASE, FOOD FLOOD, GAZES?GLAZES! 100. CAPE APE, SECT SET, PATCH PATH 150. CLEARS EARS, ONE CLONE She invites readers to search for other numbers for which the 2words have an affinity or make a phrase. DAVID MORICE Iowa City, Iowa