In defense of Paul, the psychic octopus: There's no such thing as a sure thing. Unless you're talking about a psychic octopus. While fans around the planet have been watching the World Cup in breathless suspense these past few weeks, Paul, an unassumingly named German oracle, has been drawing awe, ire and death threats for his knack for predicting with astonishing accuracy the outcome of the matches.
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