Efforts to revive the economy are probably the most important thing anyone can do, but then we have a chicken-and-egg situation.

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We have a chicken-and-egg problem.

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So basically we will live in our gated communities, and we will have our TV shows and Chicken McNuggets, and we will be O.

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"Let's see, we have breaded wings, breaded chicken, breaded potatoes, " Krause says.

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So now we have a situation, to listen to the Chicken Littles, where the very integrity of the National Basketball Association is being threatened because one lousy, rotten referee apparently tried to manipulate game scores.

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We have a lot of briskets going out, a lot of barbecued chicken, some jalapeno cornbreads and some things like that, said Bennett Fass, the chief Aramark chef at the convention.

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But I would say, as we have in the past, that it is not a good idea to play chicken with our obligations and the full faith and credit of the United States government and with the prospect of default in the United States.

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I'm quite happy that we have set the time frame not to lose all the positive momentum in what we have deliberated, and not to dilute the talks about WTO in the issues of chicken meat or swine trimming.

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It seems like we should have a picnic. (Applause.) Who's got the chicken? (Laughter.) A little chicken, a little potato salad, baked beans.

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