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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    11:11 am
    @@@@@Look at the Levine familyThey had such a
    @@@@@Look at the Levine familyThey had such a promising son, he had a scholarship to Columbia, and then he got killed in an automobile accidentWhy? What for? They worked so hard to let him go to schoolHe had known the Levine family only casually but he felt like weepingWhy should it be? Other sorrows possessed him, minor ones, major ones, in a suite of random undisciplined wavesHe remembered when his family was very poor and his mother had lost a pair of gloves which she treasuredIt's a hard businessHe had drawn apart from the platoon, from the patrol aheadEven Croft, what will he get out of it all? You're born and then you dieThe knowledge somehow made him feel superiorHe shook his head once more
    Minetta was sitting beside him"What's the matter with you?" he asked sharply, his sympathy guarded for Goldstein had been Ridges's partner Goldstein sighed, "I was just thinking He stared down the corridor they had hewn out of the jungleIt extended in a reasonably straight line for almost a hundred yards before bending around a tree, and all along it the men in the platoon were sprawled on the ground or sitting on their packsBehind him he could hear the steady chopping and macing of the machetesThe sound depressed him, and he shifted his position, feeling the dampness of the earth against his buttocks"That's all you can ever do in the Army, sit and think," Minetta said"Sometimes it's not so goodI'm the type of man it's better for me when I don't think so much
    "Yeah, the same for me Minetta realized Goldstein had forgotten how poorly he and Roth had worked, and it made Minetta like himHe ain't one of these other guys holdin' a grudgeThat made Minetta think of his argument with Crof
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    11:11 am
    @@@@@And the power she felt under her fingers
    @@@@@And the power she
    felt under her fingers when she gripped his shouldersAnd the
    pounding
    of her heart in her throat against his lips, the strong beat of his shirt
    beneath her palms when she tangled her fingers in the thick curling
    hair on his chestYes! I did remember it, it wasn't a dreamYes,
    this is the dark swirling that draws me in and closes out the world and
    makes me alive, so alive, and free and spinning up to the heart of the
    sun"Yes!" she shouted again and again, meeting Rhett's passion
    with
    her own, her demands the same as hisUntil in the swirling, spiraling
    rapture there were no longer words or thoughts, only a union beyond
    mind, beyond time, beyond the worldloves me! What a fool I was to
    doubt what I knew
    Scarlett's swollen lips curved in a lazy surfeited smile, and she
    slowly opened her eyesRhett was sitting beside herHis arms were
    wrapped across hisknees, his face hidden in the hollow they made
    Scarlett stretched luxuriantlyFor the first time she felt the
    rasping sand against her skin, noticed her surroundingsWhy, it's
    pouring down rainWe'll catch our deathWe'll have to find some
    shelter before we make love againHer dimples flickered, and she
    stifled a giggleMaybe not, we sure didn't pay any attention to the
    weather just nowShe reached out her hand and traced Rhett's spine
    with her fingernailsHe jerked away as if she'd burned him, turning
    in a rush to face her, then springing to his feetShe couldn't read
    hisexpression"I didn't want to wake you," he said
    "Try to get some more rest if you canI'm going to look for some
    place to dry out and build a fireThere are shacks on all these
    islands Scarlett struggled to get
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    11:19 am
    @@@@@No one talked; the dank air in the eerily
    @@@@@No one
    talked; the dank air in the eerily lit abandoned store was tense with apprehensionCarlos
    understood that he had to dispel that fear, that furtiveness, as rapidly as possible, which was why he
    had gathered eight distressed chairs from the various deserted office rooms in the rear of the store
    Seated, people were less tense; it was a truismHowever, none of the chairs was being used
    “Thank you for coming here this morning,” said the Jackal in Russian, raising his voice“Please,
    each of you take a chair and sit downOur discussion will not be long, but will require the utmost
    concentrationWould the comrade nearest the door close it, please
    The old, heavy door was creaked shut by a stiffly walking bureaucrat as the rest reached for
    chairs, each distancing his and hers from others that were nearbyCarlos waited until the scraping
    sounds of wood against cement subsided and all were seatedThen, like a practiced orator-actor,
    the Jackal paused before formally addressing his captive audienceHe looked briefly at each person
    with his penetrating dark eyes as if conveying to each that he or she was special to himThere were
    short, successive hand movements, mostly female, as those he gazed at in turn smoothed their
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    382
    respective garmentsThe clothes they wore were characteristic of the ranks of upper-level
    government officials—in the main drab and conservative, but well pressed and spotless
    “I am the monseigneur from Paris,” began the assassin in priestly garb“I am he who has spent
    several years seeking each of you out—with the assistance of comrades here in Moscow and
    beyond—and sent you large sums of money, asking only that you silently await my arrival and
    render me the loyalty I have shown to youBy your faces, I can anticipate your questions, so let
    me amplifyYears ago I was among the elite few selected to be trained at Novgorod There was a
    quiet yet audible reaction from the chosen eightThe myth of Novgorod matched its reality; it was,
    indeed, an advanced indoctrination center for the most gifted of comrades—as they were given to
    understand, yet none really understood, for Novgorod was rarely spoken about except in whispers
    With several nods, Carlos acknowledged the impact of his revelation and continued
    “The years since have been spent in many foreign countries promoting the interests of the great
    Soviet revolution, an undercover commissar with a flexible portfolio that called for many trips back
    here to Moscow and extensive research into the specific departments in which each of you holds a
    responsible position Again the Jackal paused, then spoke suddenly, sharply“Positions of
    responsibility but without the authority that should be yoursYour abilities are undervalued and
    under-rewarded, for there is deadwood above
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    11:19 am
    @@@@@ "Do you hear that, Edgar? Come on!" He
    @@@@@
    "Do you hear that, Edgar? Come on!" He paused
    "What are you looking at?"
    "These," I said, and held out the two pictures of
    Eastlake in his bathing dress: the one where he
    was surrounded by all his daughters, and the one
    taken two years later, where he was flanked by
    just Maria and Hannah
    "Never mind em now - didn't you hear her? Miss
    Eastlake is back!" He booked for the doorI
    dropped his folder on the library table and
    followed himI had made the connection - but only
    because I'd spent the last few months cultivating
    the art of seeingCultivating it strenuouslyHe'd gone the length of the
    dogtrot and was halfway up the staircaseI was
    limping as fast as I could and he was still
    pulling awayHe waited for me, not very patiently
    "Who told him the debris field was there?"
    "Eastlake? I assume he stumbled on it while
    pursuing his diving hobby
    "I don't think so - he hadn't been in that bathing
    suit for a long timeDiving and snorkeling may
    have been his hobby in the early twenties, but I
    670
    think that around 1925, eating dinner became his
    chief diversionSo who told him?"
    Annmarie came out of a door near the end of the
    hallThere was a goofy, unbelieving grin on her
    face that made her look half her forty years
    "Is she-"
    "She is," came Elizabeth's cracked but
    unmistakable voice"Come in here, Wireman, and
    let me see your face while I still know it
    ix
    I lingered in the hall with Annmarie, not sure
    what to do, looking at the knickknacks and the big
    old Frederic Remington at the far end - Indians on
    poniesThen Wireman called for meHis voice was
    impatient and rough with tearsThe shades had all been drawn
    Air conditioning whispered through a vent
    somewhere above usThere was a table next to her
    bed with a lamp on itThe shade was green glass
    The bed was the hospital kind, and cranked up so
    she could almost sitThe lamp put her in a soft
    671
    spotlight, with her hair loose on the shoulders of
    a pink dressing go
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    11:11 am
    @@@@@So you boys go to school and get your
    @@@@@So you boys go to school and get your college degreesI'll teach you how to stay out of the trap
    The pieces of the puzzle were appearingMy highly educated dad had a great education and a great careerBut school never told him how to handle money or his fearsIt became clear that I could learn different and important things from two fathers
    "So you've been talking about the fear of not having moneyHow does the desire of money affect our thinking?" Mike asked
    "How did you feel when I tempted you with a pay raise? Did you notice your desires rising?"
    We nodded our heads
    "By not giving in to your emotions, you were able to delay your reactions and thinkThat is most importantWe will always have emotions of fear and greedFrom here on in, it is most important for you to use those emotions to your advantage and for the long term, and not simply let your emotions run you by controlling your thinkingMost people use fear and greed against themselvesThat's the start of ignoranceMost people live their lives chasing paychecks, pay raises and job security because of the emotions of desire and fear, not really questioning where those emotion-driven thoughts are leading themIt's just like the picture of a donkey, dragging a cart, with its owner dangling a carrot just in front of the donkey's noseThe donkey's owner may be going where he wants to go, but the donkey is chasing an illusionTomorrow there will only be another carrot for the donkey
    "You mean the moment I began to picture a new baseball glove, candy and toys, that's like a carrot to a donkey?" Mike askedAnd as you get older, your toys get more expensiveA new car, a boat and a big house to impress your friends," said rich dad with a smile"Fear pushes you out the door, and desire calls to youEnticing you toward the rocks
    "So what's the answer," Mike ask
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    11:11 am
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    They set Wilson down againRed opened his first-aid packet, and took out the flat cardboard box that held the bandageHe peeled it open with stiff fingers, set the aseptic surface against Wilson's wound, and bound it about him lightly"Should I give him wound tablets?"
    "Not with a belly wound," Croft said
    "Think he's gonna last?" Ridges asked hoarsely
    "You can't replica omega kill ol' Wilson," Red mutteredGallagher looked away"Come on, let's get going
    They started out, progressing slowly and carefully over the hills back to the hollow where they had left the rest of the platoonIt was hard labor, and they took frequent rests, alternating the guard for the litter-bearers
    Wilson gained consciousness slowly, muttering incoherently for louis vuitton duffle bag minutes at a timeHe seemed awake for almost a minute, but he recognized none of them
    "Doko koko cola," he muttered several times, giggling feebly
    They stopped, wiped the blood from his mouth, and then set out againIt took them more than an hour to reach the platoon, and they were very tired when they got thereThey laid Wilson down, slipped him off the stretcher, and Chloe Purse flopped on the ground to restThe other men gathered about them nervously, asking questions, mildly jubilant that Wilson had been found, but they were too weary to talk much"Goddam it, you men, stop standing around with your finger in your ass They looked at him in bewilderment
    "Minetta and Polack and Wyman andRoth, git over there in that grove, and cut two poles about six black chanel bag feet long, and about two inches in diameter, and bring back a couple of struts about eighteen inches wide?"
    "What for?" Minetta asked
    "What the hell do you think it's for? For a stretcherNow git goin', you men
    Muttering, they picked up a couple of machetes, and filed out of the hollow to the groveIn a minute or so, the platoon could hear them hacking away at the louis vuitton online tre
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    11:11 am
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    dior saddle,chanel earrings logo,louis vuitton logo,sale gucci handbags,rolex submariner replica@@@@@She'd have to remember to drop her lashes over
    themShe took a stool to the window, seated herself where she'd be
    hidden by the curtain but still able to see outAn hour later, Rhett
    hadn't comeScarlett's small white teeth tore at a roll from the
    bakery bagWhat a bother this Lent business was! Imagine having to
    hide in her room and eat rolls without even 36'1 any butter dior saddle to put on
    themShe was in a very bad mood when she went downstairsAnd
    there
    was Jerome with her grandfather's supper tray! It was almost enough
    to
    make her turn Huguenot or Presbyterian like the old manScarlett
    stopped him in the hall"This food looks terrible," she said"Take
    it back and put big lumps of butter on the mashed potatoesPut a
    thick slice of ham on the chanel earrings logo plate, too; I know you've got a ham down
    there, I saw it hanging in the larderAnd add a pitcher of cream to
    pour on that puddingA little bowl of strawberry jam, tooRobillard, he can't chew no hamAnd his doctor say he's not
    supposed to eat sweets, nor cream and butter neither
    "The doctor doesn't want him to starve to death, either
    Scarlett looked angrily at Jerome's stiff louis vuitton logo back until he disappeared
    down the stairs"Nobody should have to go hungry," she said Her mood changed abruptly and she giggled"Not even an old
    loo-Ia by her rolls, Scarlett was cheerfully singing under her
    breath when she went downstairs ThursdayShe found her aunts in a
    nervous frenzy of preparation for her grandfather's birthday dinner
    While Eulalie wrestled with sale gucci handbags branches of dark green magnolia leaves for
    arrangements on the sideboard and mantel, Pauline was going through
    stacks of heavy linen tablecloths and napkins, trying to find the ones
    she remembered as her father's favorite"What difference does it
    make?" Scarlett asked impatientlyTalk about a tempest in a
    teapot!
    Grandfather wouldn't even see the dining room table from his rolex submariner replica r
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    11:19 am
    @@@@@“And I hope to hell you know what you’re
    @@@@@“And I hope to hell you know what you’re talking about!”
    “Where did you come from?”
    “Where you know; how is another questionTry scaring the shit out of Capital HQ for a chopper
    ordered by an apoplectic Krupkin from a hospital bed in Moscow
    “ ‘Apoplectic’—not bad for a Russian—”
    “Who gives me such orders?” yelled the officer of the guard“You are only a young man!”
    “Check me out, buddy, but do it quick,” answered Benjamin, holding out his card“Otherwise I
    think I’ll have you transferred to TashkentNice scenery, but no private toiletsMove, you
    asshole!”
    “Cal—if—fornia, here I—”
    “Shut up!”
    “He’s here! There’s the fuel truck Jason pointed to the huge vehicle that dwarfed
    the scattered cars and vans in the fenced parking area
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    430
    “A fuel truck? How did you figure it out?” asked the astonished Benjamin
    “That tank’s got to hold close to a hundred thousand poundsCombined with the plastics,
    strategically placed, it’s enough for the streets and those fake structures of old, dried wood
    “Slushaytye!” blared the myriad loudspeakers around the tunnel, demanding attention, as indeed
    the explosions began to diminishThe colonel climbed on top of the low, concrete gate house, a
    microphone in his hand, his figure outlined in the harsh beams of powerful searchlights“The
    earthquake has passed,” he cried in Russian, “and although the damage is extensive and the fires
    will continue throughout the night, the crisis has passed! Stay by the banks of the river, and our
    comrades in the maintenance crews will do their best to provide for your needsThese are orders
    from our superiors, comradesDo not give us reason to use force, I plead with you!”
    “What earthquake?” shouted a man in the front ranks of the panicked multitude“You say it’s an
    earthquake and we are all told it is an earthquake but your brains are in your bowels! I’ve lived
    through an earthquake and this is no earthquakeIt is an armed attack!”
    “Yes, yes! An attack!”
    “We are being attacked!”
    “Invaded! It’s an invasion!”
    “Open the tunnel and let us out or you’ll have to shoot us down! Open the tunnel!”
    The protesting chorus grew from all sections of the desperate crowd as the soldiers held firm,
    their bayonets unsheathed and affixed to their riflesThe colonel continued, his features contorted,
    his voice nearly matching the hysteria of his frenzied audience
    “Listen to me and ask yourselves a question!” he screamed“I’m telling you, as I have been told,
    that this is an earthquake and I know it’s trueFurther, I will tell you how I know it’s true! Have
    you heard a single gunshot? Yes, that is the question! A single gunshot! No, you have not! Here,
    as in all the compounds and in every sector of those compounds, there are police and soldiers and
    trainers who carry weapon
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    11:19 am
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    gucci mens wallet,fendi b,prada clutch,omega sale,tank louis@@@@@Some of it was seeing
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    was like a punchThat was Elizabeth's opinionHowever
    many there are, you must sell them
    And I could understand why she thought soI did
    not like seeing my daughter, not even in the guise
    of the child she had long outgrown, in such close
    proximity to that rotted sheerhulkAnd in a way,
    I was gucci mens wallet surprised that perplexity and disquiet were
    all Pam feltBut of course, the paintings hadn't
    had a chance to work on her yet
    And they were no longer on Duma Key
    The young people joined us, Ric and Melinda with
    their arms around each other"Daddy, you're a
    genius," Melinda said"Ric thinks so, too, don't
    you, Ric?"
    "Actually," Ric said, "I doI came prepared to
    beInstead fendi b I am struggling for the
    words to say I am amazed
    709
    "That's very kind," I said
    "I'm so proud of you, Dad," Illy said, and hugged
    me
    Pam rolled her eyes, and in that instant I could
    cheerfully have whacked her oneInstead I folded
    Ilse into my arm and kissed the top of her head
    As I did, Mary Ire's voice rose from the front of
    the Scoto in a cigarette-hoarsened prada clutch shout that was
    full of amazed disbelief"Libby Eastlake! I don't
    believe my god-damned eyes!"
    It was my ears I didn't believe, but when a
    spontaneous spatter of applause erupted from the
    doorway, where the real aficionados had gathered
    to chat and take a little fresh evening air, I
    understood why Jack and Wireman had been late
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    and Illy on the other as I moved toward the door;
    Linnie and Ric bobbed along in our wakeThe
    applause grew louderPeople turned toward the
    door and craned to see"Who is it, Edgar?"
    710
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    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    11:11 am
    @@@@@ Mutual funds are popular because they
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    Mutual funds are popular because they represent safetyAverage mutual fund buyers are too busy working to pay taxes and mortgages, save for their children's college and pay off credit cards They do not have time to study to learn how to invest, so they rely on the expertise of the manager of a mutual fundAlso, because the mutual fund includes many different types of investments, they feel their money is safer because ii is "diversified
    This group of educated middle class subscribes to the "diversify" dogma put out by mutual fund brokers and financial planners
    The real tragedy is that the lack of early financial education is what creates the risk faced by average middle class peopleThe reason they have to play it safe is because their financial positions are tenuous at best Their balance sheets are not balancedThey are loaded with liabilities, with no real assets that generate incomeTypically, their only source of income is their paycheckTheir livelihood becomes entirely dependent on their employer
    So when genuine "deals of a lifetime" come along, those same people cannot take advantage of the opportunityThey must play it safe, simply because they are working so hard, are taxed to the max, and are loaded with debt
    As I said at the start of this section, the most important rule is to know the difference between an asset and a liability Once you understand the difference, concentrate your efforts on only buying income-generating assets That's the best way to get started on a path to becoming rich Keep doing that, and your asset column will growFocus on keeping liabilities and expenses downThis will make more money available to continue pouring into the asset columnSoon, the asset base will be so deep that you can afford to look at more speculative investments Investments that may have returns of 100 percent to infinityInvestments that for $5,000 are soon turned into $1 million or moreInvestments that the middle class calls "too risky The investment is not risky It's the lack of simple financial intelligence, beginning with financial literacy, that causes the individual to be "too risky,"
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    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    11:11 am
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    How old are ya, Polack?
    Twenty-four, he lies
    Damn young, Wally says
    I want to t'ink the damn thing over, Polack saysIt is the first time he has been unable to make a decision in his life
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    I'll take the chance

    Only, the next day while he is still debating a letter comes from his draft boardThere's a guy over on Madison Street who pricks eardrums, and he gives him a ring
    But on the way over, Polack changes his mind
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    It's a big thing, he mumbles
    Only, that's not itPolack has never heard of a deus ex machina, and it's a new idea to him
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    9

    A FEW HOURS later at noontime, miles away, the litter-bearers were struggling with WilsonThey had carried him all morning under the burnished metallic heat of a tropical sun, their strength and replica rolex submariner their will coursing out of their bodies with their perspirationAlready they moved stupidly, the sweat blinding their eyes, their tongues clapped against their dry and enraged palates, their legs quivering constantlyThe heat rose from everything, shimmered over the grass, swirled about them with the languid resistance of water bags dolce and gabbana or
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    11:21 am
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    "I'll think about it," Scarlett promised
    The wagon creaked along the familiar road and she saw that the land
    she'd known as cultivated fields was now all gone back to scrub trees
    and rough weed grassesWill saw the slope of
    her shoulders and the droop of her mouth"Where you been this last
    couple of years, Scarlett? If it wasn't for Carreen we wouldn't have
    known where you'd gone prada logo to at all, but then she lost track, too
    Scarlett forced herself to smile"I've been having adventures, Will,
    travelling all over the placeI visited my O 'Hara kinfolks, tooA
    bunch of them are in Savannah, the nicest people you'd ever want to
    meetI stayed with them ever so long
    And then I went to Ireland to meet some moreYou can't imagine
    how
    many O'Haras there are Her throat birkin hermes clogged with tearsShe held the
    leather pouch to her breast"Will, I brought something for Pa
    Will you let me off at the graveyard and keep everybody away for a
    little while?"
    "Glad to Scarlett knelt in the sun by Gerald O'Hara's graveThe
    black Irish soil filtered through her fingers to mix with the red clay
    dust of Georgia"Ach, Pa," she murmured, and the meter of her
    words
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    remembered well, Pa, by all of themI didn't know, Pa, I'm sorryI
    didn't know you should be having a fine wake and all the stories told
    Ubout when you were a boy She lifted her head and the sunlight
    gleamed in the flood of tears down her faceHer voice was cracked,
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    to
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    explain why she'd left them at Tara; it would have been so humiliating
    to tell the truth, that her own children didn't want her, that they
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    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    11:18 am
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    Doc reacted immediately to the sound of troubleHe jogged quickly out to meet IanI wished I
    could see what was wrong, too, but I didn't want to upset Walter by trying to free my hand
    againI listened hard instead
    “Brandt?” I heard Doc say in surprise
    “Where is it?Where is it? ” the other man demanded breathlesslyThe running footsteps only
    paused for a second, then started up again, not quite as fast
    “What are you talking about?” Doc asked, calling back this way
    “The parasite!” Brandt hissed impatiently, anxiously, as he burst through the arched entry
    Brandt was not a big man like Kyle or Ian; he was probably only a few inches taller than me,
    but he was thick and solid as a rhinocerosHis eyes swept the room; his piercing gaze focused
    on my face for half a second, then took in Walter's oblivious form, and then raced around the
    room only to end up on me again
    Doc caught up with Brandt then, his long fingers gripping Brandt's shoulder just as the broader
    man took the first step in my direction
    “What are you doing?” Doc asked, his voice the closest to a growl I'd ever heard it
    Before Brandt answered, the odd sound returned, going from soft to screaming loud to soft
    again with a suddenness that had us all frozenThe beats thudded right on top of one another,
    shaking the air when they were at their loudest
    “Is that–is that a helicopter?” Doc asked, whispering
    “Yes,” Brandt whispered back“It's the Seeker–the one from before, the one who was looking
    forit” He jerked his chin at me
    My throat was suddenly too small–the breaths moving through it were thin and shallow, not
    enough
    What is herproblem? Mel snarled in my headhy can't she leave us alone?
    We can't let her hurt them!
    But how do we stop her?
    I don't knowThis is all my fault!
    Mine, too, Wanda
    “Are you sure?” Doc asked
    “Kyle got a clear view through the binoculars while it was hove
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    11:14 am
    @@@@@Slowly, minute by minute, they came closer
    @@@@@Slowly, minute by minute, they came closer to the topThey were perhaps four feet from the crest when Wyman lost the last reserves of his strengthHe tried to draw some few shreds of effort from his quivering limbs, but he seemed to collapse all at once, and just lay stupid behind the gun supporting it with no more than the weight of his sagging bodyThe gun began to slip, and he pulled awayToglio and Goldstein were left at each of the hubsWhen Wyman let go, they felt as though someone were pushing down against the gunGoldstein held on until the sliding wheels pulled his fingers loose, one by one, and then he just had time to shout hoarsely, "WATCH IT!" to Toglio, before the gun went crashing down to the bottomThe three men fell after it, rolling in its wakeThe gun struck some rocks at the bottom, and one of the wheels was knocked completely awryThey felt for it in the darkness like pups licking the wounds of their motherWyman began to blubber with exhaustion
    The accident caused a great deal of confusionCroft's team was on the gun waiting behind them, and he began to shout, "What's holdin' you up? What's happening down there?"
    "We hadtrouble," Toglio shouted back"Wait!" He and Goldstein succeeded in turning the gun on its side"The wheel's shot," Toglio shouted"We can't move the gun"Get her out of the way
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    "We need help," Goldstein shouted
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