So Italy looks set, yet again, for a long and nasty election campaign, where arguments over policy will be overshadowed by Mr Berlusconi's judicial fate.

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All they show, again, is that scientists can be nasty, vain, competitive, etc.

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Today I find myself once again in the solar camp as these names are not only shaking off their nasty reversals, but adding gains as well.

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The 25-year-old is keen to catch the eye again of England boss Fabio Capello, who has told the forward to develop more of a nasty streak.

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