The technique requires discipline, though, and extra work, and farmers have been slow to give it a try.

NEWYORKER: Testing, Testing

You have done a nice job of describing how one type of manic episode looks, but in suggesting that what you see might be a temper tantrum you have also identified the challenge that faces us every time we try to give a name to psychiatric troubles.

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They will probably give it a try: any other potential grouping would have a smaller majority and require at least three other parties to come together.

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Or that I would have rushed up to the counter and asked the airline employees to give it a try.

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If you have curls and feel comfortable (and look good) straightening your hair, give that a try.

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But after they give it a try, these same people are often amazed at what they have accomplished.

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"We are looking to try and give players a month off at the end of the season, although we may have to stagger that for some, depending on Magners League and Heineken Cup matches, " said Gatland.

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The programme offers a window on to the competing priorities and prejudices that politicians have to try to balance in an era of austerity when it is no longer possible to give everyone at least a little bit of what they want.

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