It's hard to say who's a greater threat to the world, an ambitious CEO…

Tom Robbins
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It's hard to say who's a greater threat to the world, an ambitious CEO with a big ad budget or a crafty cleric with an obsolete Bible verse. ✨ Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates. Book by Tom Robbins, 2000.
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