Developments in Syria may also fall short of triggering another such war, if the 30 January air raid is anything to judge by.

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If the inaugural exhibition is anything to judge by, it has to be said that this extraordinary space will probably overpower anything but several monumental sculptures.

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And she tries to explain the faults she finds in Pushkin his gambling, his emotional coldness combined with sexual opportunism, his inability to judge women by anything but their looks, and his coolness to the cause of Polish nationalism by blaming a miserable start in life.

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No sports league wants to have anything decided by a judge (just look at how hard the NFL has been trying to stay out of the courts during its lockout).

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