The 35-year-old said it was a normal part of life as a soldier in Afghanistan, and the day of the incident "wasn't different to any other day".

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To him, deficits were just a normal part of life.

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Though the presence of these spirits is somewhat unsettling, oddly enough, they seem to be a normal part of everyday life for these characters.

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"Though the path of peace is steep and has become steeper these last few weeks, in the long run it is the only path that offers the peoples of the Middle East hope for a normal life as part of the modern world, " Clinton said on Tuesday evening.

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"I think it's about creating a momentum that says this isn't a part of our life in Wales - creating the sense it isn't normal to be a smoking population, " she said.

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