Some kinds of perversity are so bizarre that one despairs of ever understanding them.

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Fabrizio Gagliardi, the project manager for DataGrid, despairs at the many Grid initiatives already underway.

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What is more, many of the people he despairs of tend to vote Republican, including the older ones and those for whom social issues are paramount.

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