In recent years, the Republican Party has receded into a political-policy trap of its own making.

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In addition, the inside of the trunk lid was partially spray-painted to create a light trap, making it more difficult to detect when the lid was cracked open.

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Penny Johnston of Waldoboro, Maine started her business of making doormats from recycled lobster trap float-rope at age 69.

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Others suspect a poverty trap in the making, with people stuck with low skills in low-wage jobs.

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Despite the moral, humanitarian and strategic arguments for intervention, Syria is a trap that threatens to suck external powers in and shackle them with responsibility for war-making, peacekeeping and a reconstruction effort that could eventually involve thousands of boots on the ground and billions of dollars in assistance.

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