You know, the strategy had appeared to be a sort of rope-a-dope strategy in which Gonzales was on the ropes taking punches from his critics day after day until they would finally exhaust themselves.

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You know, it's interesting, when I was in a rope line just the other day, coming out here from Wisconsin, a couple of young returnees were in the line one active duty, one from the Guard.

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You would never know that the graceful brick smokestack on the north edge of town belonged to what was once the largest rope factory in the world.

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