This week’s puzzle:

A man who lost his last job will do anything to get it back.  When his former co-workers are reluctant to have him return, he orchestrates a government-backed hostile takeover, but afterward his new allies turn around and arrest him for fraud.

Last week’s puzzle:

An embattled administrator struggles to solve a familiar problem while dealing with the ineffectuality of his assistants, the infidelity of his wife, and a man threatening to break his legs.  Even when he resorts to extreme measures and calls the military, his poorly educated enemies still get away.

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