Too often we have allowed ourselves to be placated and charmed by fantasies about umpire judges calling "balls and strikes, " without ever asking which league the game is being played in or whether the umpire was standing in the best position to see the play.

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When you visit, you will be both charmed and impressed by how much fun the locals seem to get out of life.

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Mr Lander witnesses a patron angrily protest against these principles, only to be charmed into grateful acceptance by the proprietor.

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