It doesn't take long for Goliath -- the crowd favorite and big, hairy corporate incumbent -- to sniff out the intruder.

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Indeed, acting like an insurgent doesn't always come naturally to a marketing Goliath.

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It's reassuring to know that Chicago-based U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, who has a voracious appetite for rooting out political corruption and must see his city and the rest of Illinois as one giant buffet, is living up to his reputation as a tough and independent Goliath slayer who doesn't hesitate to take on the powerful.

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We don't complain that David used a foreign object against Goliath, do we?

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Responding to other requests, the judge said she'll allow the defense to explore possible bias of an investigator from the Kennebunk Police Department but won't allow the defense to cast the case as a David versus Goliath scenario with regards to the vast resources used to target Strong, an insurance agent.

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