work the oracle

work the oracle
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    Jolyon's original view that to put your nose in where you aren't wanted and then work the oracle till you get on top is not being quite the clean potato, had whether founded in fact or no, a certain attraction for his son, who thought a deal about gentility CJ. Galsworthy). They are all the same: working the oracle for their own benefit CR. Tresseft

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