Quite simple really, but I remained fascinated by the subject and a number of years ago I went along to the Lawn Tennis Association to examine the records of top tennis players.

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But yet I still remained aware and conscious to not go too far left or go for the stereotype.

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My girlfriend remained calm, but I panicked.

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But I never imagined moving back, and I remained the kind of jumped-up cosmopolitan who liked to mock the idea of Mayberry.

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But today, I can tell you that we always remained hopeful about the people of this country, about you.

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In turn I remained productive on the job, which of course is what the employer wanted, but what they also got from me was loyalty.

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But even I knew that, despite all of the admirable progress that was made under Saakashvili, the country remained extremely poor and unequal and that its unemployment rate was shockingly high.

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