as if trying to grab a lump of play-doh , the harder that liman tries to squeeze his story 
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(ROOT (S (SBAR (IN ) (IN ) (S (VP (VBG ) (S (VP (TO ) (VP (VB ) (NP (NP (DT ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NN ) (HYPH ) (UH )))))))))) (, ) (ADVP (ADVP (DT ) (JJR )) (SBAR (IN ) (S (NP (NN )) (VP (VBZ ) (S (VP (TO ) (VP (VB ) (NP (PRP$ ) (NN )))))))))))