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Pain Train To Paris

By Tim Keown

Friday, October 24, 2008

It would have been so much easier to stay. Yes, Floyd Landis could have lived a nice life out here among the rolling hills and helpful neighbors of Pennsylvania dutch country. He could have conformed to the Mennonite ethic and lived a simple, rich life of family and faith: work hard, live right, slide into middle age with a half-dozen kids and a clear conscience. There are worse ways to live. Very few choose otherwise. In this world, leaving is discouraged and obedience prized, so that explain ...

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