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When M.C.’s family asked Elliott about the trust account or for bank statements, he “lulled them into compliance by getting upset and telling them that everything was under control,” according to the indictment.

All have slept in the same cabins, lulled by the rumble of the tracks.

Then, in the middle of it all, lulled by the flutter of Chris Speed’s clarinet, Holter seems to step outside of the labyrinth for a breath of fresh air.

In fact, it is because I know how easily I could be lulled into another glazed-eyed week fretting over outstanding ballots in Philadelphia or Phoenix that I am staking out my position early, and publicly.

It's easy to be lulled into this notion that all the fascists want is some hair-stroking assurances, however false, that the rest of us do think they're manly and funny and great in bed.