Yet by late August 1999 Aerie still hadn't signed a single pipeline.

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"There's not a single blockbuster in the pipeline, and Alza (nyse: AZA - news - people) does not provide that blockbuster, " he says.

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And that, despite claims that this would somehow -- this pipeline would somehow solve the pain that families are feeling at the pump today, the company itself has said it would take years before a single drop of oil would flow through that pipeline.

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