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The overwhelming majority of chat-room participants seem to accept the premise of "Dark Alliance," and to spend their time arguing over the connections to other perceived conspiracies like the JFK assassination or that more recent fave, Arkansas land dealings.
Perhaps that's because few of these critics have taken the trouble to spend much--or even any--time there, or to consult with their fellow Christians in Taiwan and Hong Kong who are actively exploiting opportunities in China.
) for two reasons: First, obviously, is so that the customer will spend more time combing over the materials and is therefore more likely to order one of their magazines.
On one occasion, as our deliberations were drawing to a close after many months, we came to a particularly niggling point of dispute regarding the cost of some phase of the project--I have forgotten which--and, in frustration and exasperation, I burst out with, You must realize that if you want to earn a penny, you've got to spend a penny!, whereupon, much to my consternation, all those present fell about laughing merrily.
Liberals who used to spend most of their time being annoyed at Clinton have rallied around him in the face of a common enemy, realizing that a crumbling presidency would leave them in the worst possible shape to face the 1998 election.