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On the peaks are species that seem least likely to have been produced by happenstance, such as spiders, whose webs are marvels of engineering.
So instead of uplifting stories we get studiously downbeat ones; instead of good vs. evil we get calculated ambiguity; instead of violence as plot device we get violence as happenstance; and instead of a corporate worldview we get self-expression and self-regard.
Until the implementation of the State Planning Initiative, determining service areas in a given state was more a product of geographic and historical happenstance than a reasoned judgment about the precise configuration that would yield the best legal services system for the greatest number of clients.
How may a proper person handle the delicate matter of bad breath when happenstance forces one into consulting with someone on the boss' staff?
It's not happenstance that he is backed by such an odd assortment of people, ranging from Republican populist Huffington to earnest liberal Bill Moyers.