The whiteness of the cake was also hard to achieve at the time when ovens temperatures were harder to control.

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For Loo, who has not had any depressive episodes since Becky was a newborn, the hard lesson was that it's OK to not be in control all the time.

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"Not for the first time, hard-working taxpayers are paying for Labour's inability to manage risks and control costs, " he said.

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An old-fashioned scholar-journalist who devoted his early career to erudite essays in Time magazine and worthy books about arms control, he is described by friends as hard-driven but understated.

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This was the first time in my life I had realized that no matter how hard I worked I could not control my future and was a victim of circumstance.

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"It's a hard thing for me to admit but I was certainly not in control of my emotions at the time and acted irresponsibly and irrationally, " wrote Stuart in his apology, adding "but that's not an excuse for my behaviour".

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