Just as often, though, Lanier merely seems to be saying whatever comes to mind.

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You know, lesiure, the time to stare at the bubbles in beer (or more amusingly, to ponder the bubbles that pass for though as they travel through the head of the new barmaid), contemplate the sunset, whatever it is that we think is the good life.

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In recent years, though, they've been regarded as, you know, light assault troops who go in first, grab whatever needs to be taken, and then give way to more heavily armed forces in the Army.

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