The Italian Prime Minister, Mario Monti, knows what is coming when he says too much austerity may split Europe.

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He says that everything he knows about food could be summed up in a sentence: Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.

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Nick knows that his arguments in favor of smoking are rubbish, but he enjoys the game of spin too much to give it up.

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