101.   Since the captains give the muktuk away, the argument goes, it should be treated no differently from any other charitable donation.

102.   So the argument went on.

103.   So tainted is the president, goes the argument, that he must now resign or be impeached.

104.   So-called strategic deals in which two compatible corporations -- like Martin Marietta and Lockheed -- become one make business sense, the argument goes.

105.   So the argument goes.

106.   Stop the broken windows, eliminate the slum properties and crime decreases, the argument goes.

107.   Such bailouts will only encourage excessive lending in the future, this argument goes.

108.   The ancestors of the Greek people created the marbles, the argument goes, and imperialists stole them.

109.   The argument could go on forever.

110.   The argument goes that the Knicks should have waited for their young draftee to develop while rebuilding the team over the next few years through draft lotteries..