But months later, after the letter arrived and I traced its arc and came to land with a soft thud in an enchanted forest, and after I had listened to all the stories contained in this book and written them down for you, that one story came back to me.

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Kennedy knew well that on Capitol Hill you tried for a full loaf, sometimes took half of one and, if necessary, you planted the flag, took a slice and came back another day for more.

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Mr. WIGGINS: The way I always felt, even when I came back and went back to work for the government and such, I felt that if you could not change the system, then you could do it for yourself.

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Ever had a nagging word stuck in your head for 50 pages before you finally track back to see where it first came up?

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"I came back to find that the club I was proud to play for completely stripped of the top brass if you like, the chief executive Mike Fatkin and the head groundsman Len Smith, " Walker added.

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For a Harvard educated woman to marry a guerrilla and then to have some doubts that a guerrilla in Guatemala might get killed by the Guatemalan military, if that came to her as a shocking revelation, you know.. her parents perhaps should go back and ask for a refund from Harvard.

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You saw the difference Craig Bellamy made when he was injured for the Germany game and them came back for Slovakia - the difference was immense.

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