Just like the Perils of Pauline, Sprint has strapped Clearwire to the railroad tracks just waiting for the train to run it over.

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Clearwire garners bids almost weekly now for offers of help, money, moral support, or suitors who wish to save Pauline from the Perils of being tied by its abusive parent Sprint to the railroad tracks.

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Subsequently, the NASP program has encountered the bureaucratic equivalent of the perils of Pauline.

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From its inception, the Strategic Defense Initiative has undergone the perils of Pauline.

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"The Perils of Pauline" starred Pearl White.

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