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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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30.4.06

Dark as a dungeon, dank as a tomb:

Trapped below ground by poisonous gases, the Sago miners realized that at least four of their air packs did not work. They shared the air as they desperately pounded away with a sledgehammer trying to get rescuers' attention, the sole survivor says.
Detroit Free Press 28.Apr.06
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Wilbur Ross is directly responsible for those air packs.
Ross told FOX News the week of the Sago disaster was "the worst week of my life."
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"This disaster was man-made. It was unnecessary and criminal."
Mike Ely at Counterpunch 07.Jan.06
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Six months after gambling on his hunch that the auto-parts industry is ripe for consolidation, U.S. billionaire investor Wilbur Ross says his acquisition spree has only just begun.
"We are still in the early stages here," the 68-year-old Ross, who plans to use his International Auto Components Group to create three global auto-parts makers, said in a telephone interview from Tokyo. "Almost every day, there is another supplier filing for bankruptcy. We are continuing to make acquisitions."
Bloomberg 30.Mar.06

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