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Qutzupalotl

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9. One possibilitiy

Reply to oberliner (Reply #8)

Fri Oct 5, 2018, 10:12 PM

Oct 2018

is Al would have embarrassed him in the moment, making the Senators laugh at him, possibly evenmake him withdraw. We were harping on the sexual harrassment, but not enough emphasis on the stolen documents or payment of gambling debts, IMO. Al was an out-of-the-box thinker and I miss him now.

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