To Pham these are Vietnamese who, but for the hand of fate, could very easily have switched places with him in life's lottery.

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He had, after all, seen at first hand the fate of Alan Milburn, his boss at the Department of Health and a former flatmate.

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On the other hand, if he were applying for a job, he wouldn't leave his fate to the whims of the screening system.

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