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Article: Long ago in a kingdom far, far away.(COMMENTARY)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- July 20, 2008
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Byline: Sid McKeen
COLUMN: WRY AND GINGER
An allegory for our times:
Once upon a time, in a kingdom that had once been one of the most prosperous on the planet, a scourge descended upon the land, and there was great wailing and gnashing of teeth among the people at the low estate to which their empire had fallen.
Times hardened in what seemed like overnight. Subjects who had been led to believe they could prudently purchase manors and castles fit for the royal family itself were suddenly astonished to find they had been duped by usurers who made loans on unrealistic terms, and they were forced to vacate their premises and throw ...