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The transfer to Turkey happened, Eugen Merzbacher told me, because his father’s bosses “saw the handwriting on the wall.”

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CNN reported that the Koch Network's Americans for Prosperity Action told their top donors over the weekend that backing Haley was the right decision because she is the last candidate standing against Trump which, considering the obvious handwriting on the wall, is hardly the validation they might want it to be.

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Once the Texas Supreme Court issued its stay last Friday, Ms. Cox saw the handwriting on the wall.

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But they could read the handwriting on the wall from the UAW’s contract settlements.

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Trump should be able to see the handwriting on the wall.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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