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After Scrooge has been visited by the three spirits, " ...it was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge.
Until about five years ago, it was generally accepted that there was a prior period (before mitochondria) in the history of eukaryotes [ 2 26 ] . The basal position of eukaryotes lacking mitochondria (amitochondriate) in phylogenetic trees [ 27 ] was consistent with this supposition as was evidence from sequence signatures [ 6 ] . However, molecular phylogenetic studies of several proteins in recent years have suggested that some or all amitochondriate eukaryotes once possessed mitochondria in the past [ 9 ] . Based on this new evidence, most current models for the origin of eukaryotes assume only a single symbiotic or fusion event between an archaebacterium and an α-proteobacterium [ 8 28 29 ] .
All malevolence, all the time, as you put it, is fine for Casino --think Joe Pesci--but in The Sopranos ? The joy of The Sopranos is that all these bad-ass gangsters are possessed of some complicating goodness, or at least some kind of benign dream of a better life.
However, most possessed considerable "clout" across their organizations due largely to the support they received from their organization's senior management.
This bar possessed a floury dryness that induced slow cud-chewing.