Karl Rove, his political guru, is a fixture at conservative confabulations across the country.

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Rings are bigger, referees more safety-conscious and decisions are given quickly without lengthy confabulations in the middle of the ring.

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The author of that, American sociologist Jonathan Church, spent time on the Shetland Islands investigating what he called "confabulations of community".

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So, after this year's Nongkrem celebrations, important members of the community held confabulations to determine an action plan for their collective future.

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