Whatever the eventual outcome, Verizon may start out with a Charlie Sheen type of approach, going out and getting two goddesses like Leap and MetroPCS to bring back home for companionship and immediately accretive earnings.

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Mr Murkowski now must leap two hurdles.

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She can squat more than 300 pounds and recently improved her vertical leap by two inches over a period of four weeks, Woodert said.

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