And even though the orderly queues outside banks, and less orderly political negotiations, we have seen in Nicosia this week could end up with Cyprus being the first country to abandon the euro.

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Even more disappointingly, it was run by a giant and orderly bureaucracy, in which spirits had to ask permission and list their motives if they wished to contact mediums and had to stand in line, waiting for a clerk to find suitable parents, in order to be born again.

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If Europe does manage an orderly bail out of Greece, and possibly even Portugal, then stocks will likely rally.

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They could be charming, even witty, and the whiff they trailed of cigars and brandy made the world seem orderly and rich.

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