Though the pass rate has always fluctuated, the latest result has brought renewed heart-searching.

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But the heart break has prompted soul-searching, as many ask how this country is so often over taken by home-grown horror.

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At heart, he's lost and searching for meaning in his well-appointed but empty life.

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