He knew abrasiveness could cost him the business and so he went in offering help and cooperation.

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So he left and started what became Nektar Therapeutics with Robert Platz of the Stanford Research Institute.

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So he started Spelunk NYC, a company that gives legal tours of lesser-known places across the city.

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He left his goal and didn't get his ball so he'll feel as if he made a mistake.

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My understanding is he had a half-smoke, so he was sampling the local wares.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama and President Sarkozy at the White House

So he laid siege to Sarajevo for three and a half years and 10, 000 people died.

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So he is working cooperatively with Republicans on the things that they agree on.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

So he had advised readers to ride the wave of euphoria and exit Inmet now.

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So he did some quick math and figured that 16% female attendance would be a start.

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Bloomberg has billions of dollars, so he's been three different parties and it works.

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So he spent the ensuing summer on the roof of his frat reading business books.

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So he's got the oil and gas part, but he doesn't have the clean energy part.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

So he would lift one paw and set it down, then another, crawling forward without enthusiasm.

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At times Parcher's courtroom tricks are accidental, or so he would have you believe.

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So he says you should short Applied Materials, the big supplier of chipmaking equipment.

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So he, at least, is confident that his successor will not be Mr Menem.

ECONOMIST: Argentina's presidential election

But he is more experienced now so he can still definitely do the job.

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He had wanted to get into manufacturing consumer products, so he seized the opportunity.

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So he uses a technique that he has mastered as a thriller writer: misdirection.

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Things were going along swimmingly, or so he thought, when Joe up and died.

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So he refurbished and sold out his stock and bought more to flip the same way.

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So he volunteered the place to a charity as a show house for designers.

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Several agreed so he could rotate the kinds of wine he gave waiting guests.

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So he'll continue to have these conversations, continue to have these discussions with lawmakers.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,

So he studied a dozen disaster-relief plans, including one from the World Health Organization.

WSJ: After Tragedy, City Suffers Second Trauma Over Victims' Fund

So he pointed him to a place that was not visible from the window.

NEWYORKER: Heirs

So he kept having to come over and contest, and that opened up lanes for Joakim.

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So he asked Mr Jobs for technology to let Rhapsody users download songs on to iPods.

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"But Horowitz wasn't a drinker, so he gave them to me, " Mr. Gelb said.

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Randolph said Griffin was pulling him down so he tried to brace for the fall.

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