Three thousand years ago, the Israelis were led by a king named David.

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After all, this is the land of the Jewish King David who founded the Jewish capital of Jerusalem three thousand years ago.

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It's because in the old days, which was three or four years ago, not a thousand years ago, the video stores, namely Blockbuster, bought their videos depending on how many people came on an opening weekend.

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Since then the company, founded by Andrew Mason three and a half years ago, looks to be suffering the death of a thousand cuts paper cuts, that is, from class actions around the terms of its deals, state regulator cease-and-desist letters around its marketing of alcohol and the me-too business plans of 425 competitors that have flooded the marketplace.

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