Those bonds have been forged by fighting battles in which an outsider tries to scale mountains tightly-guarded by elites.

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That makes him an outsider which surely puts him at a disadvantage with the FCC and the DOJ.

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That makes it likely that Martin will eventually be run by an outsider for the first time in its history--which unnerves Martin groupies.

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To an outsider it seems strange that less than 50 years ago the liberal traditions for which the United States is admired were so unevenly observed.

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