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This is Chris Flannery with the Claremont Institute.

I call this one, for such a time as this.

I had some time on my hands and before I knew it I had time on my mind and

it occurred to me that time works in mysterious ways.

Everyone knows there are good times and bad times,

but how do things get this way?

It's a mystery that has kept the greatest minds

scratching their heads since the beginning of time.

Time flies, marches on, and sometimes just stand still.

You can buy time, beyond borrowed time, or run out of time, but there's a first time for everything and the third

times the charm.

Some modern scientists say time is an illusion, but try selling that jam to the reveler who's just starting to let the

good times roll when the local authority announces its closing time. Or the fellow who feels

like his time has come but the girl of his dreams won't give him the time of day.

If you're an optimist, you console yourself with the reflection that time is on your side.

But don't count on it.

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