Cold, yes, but we got very close to a young male marsh harrier, perching on a branch and I shall never forget his imperious glare, feathers golden in the low winter light.

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The author seems unable to decide whether he is trying to tease out historical parallels, which shed light on modern debates, or to provide a comprehensive survey of the wavering fortunes of each competing branch of internationalism.

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After several blocks I came across a Wells Fargo bank branch lit in the full blaze of noon, its wide space and swaths of red and yellow bathed in useless light, as it is all through every night when there is power.

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