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Comparing Howard Schultz and "Freeway" Ricky Ross (lines 19–23) is primarily an example of


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Okay Six of seven on this read through of our

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drug passage Here we go Comparing howard schultz and freeway

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ricky ross in the lines nineteen through twenty three is

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primarily an example of what Two of the most successful

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drug on for news of recent times are howard schultz

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of starbucks coffee who hooked millions of americans on frappuccinos

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and freeway ricky ross of south central l A Who

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took thousands of americans on crack Okay well let's think

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about this one The author's being ironic in the question

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there One wouldn't think that i coffee entrepreneur would have

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much in common with a crack dealer But the passage

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explains that in terms of selling mind altering substances to

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a demanding america while they sure d'oh not the comparison

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we saw coming in for short the two businessmen do

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have much in common But lying seventy eight remember we

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skin this whole thing way down here right there drives

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home the main point It's the irony of it all

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So get rid of a There's definitely no normal lesson

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here Get rid of sea and there's no deductive reasoning

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and i'll get rid of deep The author isn't saying

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nasty things about shelter so it doesn't count a libel

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like where would that come from So the answer is

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b irony because most readers would not consider them to

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have similar career arcs go howard Go ricky That's where 00:01:18.784 --> [endTime] they both live now pretty different

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