So maybe he still is here, maybe he was killed, or maybe he's left.

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Or maybe he just didnt want to lose half his assets in a divorce.

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She could have gotten the password then in Afghanistan or maybe he never changed it.

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Or maybe he was just past caring and the promise of shelter was more than he could resist.

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Maybe he walks 20 miles, or maybe he meets someone early in the day and spends hours talking.

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Or maybe he was standing outside a building in some other part of town, some other town, even.

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Or maybe he just amused himself while she just raved about what a great Democrat crusader he was.

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Her father might still have been in Vietnam at that point or maybe he had not survived the war.

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Or maybe he simply needs to bring home his purchase right now, today.

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Maybe his bootlace came untied, or maybe he wanted to light a cigarette.

NEWYORKER: So It Is in Life

Or maybe he has a friend on the force and is earmarking me as a future victim of unfair citations.

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Or maybe he was aware that the mass arrival of Philippine maids in Europe was part of some larger plan.

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Or maybe he really is just a deficit hawk who happens to be moderate in every other category but fiscal policy.

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Or maybe he could spend some time with the professional development director trying to better understanding the technology-related learning needs of staff.

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Maybe it was because of Legal Aid funding or maybe he, too, just refused to believe that fingerprint evidence could be fallible.

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Maybe he had his game face on for the tournament, or maybe he was merely in a natural resting period between exhaustive television and restaurant work.

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Or maybe he set out on a chore that was doomed to fail because he could find no error in the facts as stated in my piece?

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Parnassus is a mystic, or maybe he's a charlatan traveling through modern-day London, England, with his antiquated sideshow, replete with a band of misfits and a magical mirror.

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Or maybe he simply did not like marking up books.

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Or maybe he was channeling Scalia as a writing exercise.

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At this point, maybe Harry panics and decides that he no longer likes the idea of making that 30-year bet, or maybe he simply needs cash and is forced to sell.

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Or maybe he came in looking for a fight.

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Or maybe he should be known as Brand Elastic.

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Or maybe he would have gone with simple text-messaging.

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Or maybe he worked really hard AND cheated.

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Maybe he's finished running with the underdog, or maybe he's just done with the corporate gig altogether, but one thing is certain: as of May 25th, Cole Brodman will mark his exit from T-Mobile.

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Or maybe he just likes Twitter.

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Or maybe he is not telling.

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Or maybe he felt a tad faint when House Speaker John Boehner was seen looking over and talking to Vice President Joe Biden -- who co-wrote the first incarnation of the bill nearly 20 years ago -- as he clapped in support.

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Or maybe he was preoccupied.

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