Both explanations are equally ridiculous, and the most likely explanation I can think of is that the US administration is starting to think about the post-Assad era, and hence wishes to "get in on the act" early by appearing to support the Syrian uprising but without doing anything concrete to support it.
And every year, I am on the front lines, perhaps because my good friend is a multi-disciplinary gladiator, maybe because I married an archaeologist obsessed with ancient arenas, or most likely because I can never get enough of Rome.
But do they get that every seller isn't a rip-off artist?" Based on my conversations with likely buyers, I can picture some who strolled though this homeowner's house.
The more money they give me, the more likely it is I can win.
Pick a recent murder investigation and analyse who was first viewed as a likely suspect, and I can almost guarantee you that some local, regional or national "other" figure would have been the most immediate suspect.
Perhaps in twenty or thirty years, he said, someone would come along, visit the archive, watch a video or listen to an interview with him, "and say, 'I want to do something similar,' or more likely, 'Oh, shit, I can do better!,' or 'I want to do something completely different.' That's exactly how art moves forward".
A big percentage-off discount could woo shoppers if "by trading down they're trading up," he added, but only to a point: "If a woman sees a handbag that had been selling at $4,000 for $750, she's likely to say: 'I can afford it.
Besides the truckload of money Mr. Oakenfold is likely to receive, I can remember at least one of his songs that was played during The Bourne Identity, "Ready, Steady, Go".
In the case of Weiner, he likely thought, "If I can do it once then I can do it again".
When I arrive at Laura's home to speak with the two women about their lives as mothers of grown-up sons afflicted with a debilitating illness from which they are not likely to recover, I can tell there is a bond between them that is somehow even stronger than the one it has taken Laura and me twenty years of friendship to forge.
