And it is strange to blame the West for complacency about the region: gloom would be a better word.

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For the serious fans (addicts might be a better word) they are life-defining.

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There should be a better word to describe what was witnessed Sunday in the rain at the Masters, something that can adequately cover the bright, thrilling place between tense and fun.

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But a better word could be tragic.

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This concerns interns: a better word would probably be work experience of even apprentices.

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What, in broad cartoon strokes, the system did not do was train or encourage journalists to be creative, technological or, for want of a better word, actuarial.

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