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| As such, many travelers pass it by - they're either eager to get to town or, late in the day, are beating a hasty retreat to the resort areas of western Maui. Conversely, I was nearly mown down by a three-generation family group beating a hasty retreat from what at first looks like a large, tacky dolls' house on a heap of tarmac. Boykin, in a belated attempt to prove that aside from being a Bible-thumping, holier-than-thou fundamentalist zealot, he is also well-versed in the tactics of strategic warfare by beating a hasty retreat from his inflammatory Muslim remarks. |
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