So, you know, it's important to really look at the things that you have and say, you know, OK, that piece of fabric can be torn up to make mummy bandages, or that vase under the kitchen sink could be recycled as a candy dish.

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"For me, it was tragic to watch the centuries-old fabric of communal coexistence being torn apart in the mixed Bosnian towns and villages, " Jim adds.

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There can be no more concessions to nationalism while the fabric or our loyalist community is torn asunder.

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