Nine days into the closely watched Federal Communications Commission auction, it appears that enough competitors are keen on the spectrum that Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) won't be stuck shelling out billions of dollars for the right to own and operate a new wireless network.

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The narrator is a sensitive cad who's stuck in a relationship (or two) he can't seem to get out of.

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And I think there were a lot of people out there that, you know, ended up getting stuck in positions we didn't want to be in.

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