• It had a long and noble heritage, reaching back to the likes of Michelangelo and Marlowe (if not to Shakespeare himself).

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  • With Tony Blair's troops holding much of that old ground, it is certainly difficult to see the Tories moving to the overcrowded centre, although it is perfectly possible to see a leader in the mould of ex-minister Kenneth Clarke, if not the man himself, attempting to regain that one nation territory.

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  • So obviously he needs to incorporate, if not Mr. Obrador himself...

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  • Maftzir clasped his left hand in his right hand and pressed it joyfully, as if he had not seen himself for quite a long time and this unexpected meeting had raised his spirits considerably.

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  • He said Saturday that he would have retired after last season if he had not hurt himself but that he would not let the image of his crumpled body curled up on an outfield warning track be his final scene.

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  • George Bush, by contrast, appeared tentative, if not somnolent: unsure of himself and the issues.

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  • Thus, a potential insider trader does not ask himself: if I do this crime, will I go to prison for 2 years or 10 years?

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  • Yet Juan Manuel Santos, his former defence minister, who aspires to succeed him (if the president does not run again himself), is one of many politicians who differs.

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  • On Wednesday another man, Mohammad Ashraf, was arrested after threatening to kill himself if Ms Mirza did not marry him.

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  • True, if Netanyahu does these things, he will not win himself any friends in the White House.

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  • If Owen doesn't do well that will be a real dilemma, but it is not as if he has one game to prove himself.

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  • Mr Sarkozy himself knows that, if he does not take a tough approach, there is a candidate lurking on the far right who is eager to benefit: Jean-Marie Le Pen.

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  • The question is why has Tom taken such an aggressive, take-no prisoners stance that will, if pursued, redound negatively for everyone, not least himself, and hurting the company about which he professes to care so much?

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  • Even if one were to concede that Perry did not carry himself as a slick debater, when examining his debate rhetoric closely, it becomes very clear what Perry believes and why he might be the best choice to lead a new movement within the Republican Party, and more importantly, the nation.

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  • Oberon knocked him over the head with his fist, which brought him sleep if not peace, and it was weeks before he was himself again.

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  • He was paralysed from at least his shoulders down and he told me if he was the same as me he would not class himself as disabled!

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  • Viana was saying something, not in a whisper now, but as if muttering to himself.

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  • His rival may well put himself out of the race anyway, if he does not win well enough in Lower Saxony.

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  • But on the other hand, Mr. Bush has openly criticized his predecessor, Bill Clinton, for precisely such involvement and may not want to leave himself vulnerable to the same criticism if the negotiations falter.

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  • Lyle, who turned 50 earlier this month, said if he is not handed the role for 2010 then he does not see himself ever doing it.

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  • Chamakh claims he will commit himself to Bordeaux for the rest of the season if he has not found a new club by Monday.

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  • If he wanted to make any money himself, he would have to appeal not to the catwalk instincts of cattlemen, which were hard to spot, but to wannabe easterner cowboys who lived in, say, New York.

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  • The campaign said today in a call that Governor Romney has either misrepresented himself on his SEC filings and committed a felony, or if not, he's not being honest with the American people about when he left Bain.

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  • Clarke says he tried not to give him too many ideas, but then found himself wondering if he was the basis for a new character - a health minister with a fondness for smoking.

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  • Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to use his keynote conference speech on Wednesday to mount a sustained attack on Mr Miliband's Labour Party, although it is not known if he will directly address the opposition leader's attempt to cast himself as the new Disraeli.

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  • Not that I care, but if you do, let me know whether Clinton got himself in any trouble today.

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  • First of all, it is a disease where the patient can contribute a great deal of help himself, if he or she can retain their morale and their hopes and not lose that.

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  • Bell will have a point to prove if he returns as expected but Vaughan has warned him not to put too much pressure on himself and take the lead of some of England's other players.

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  • She might have seen him every single day on the road between her village and Madadeni or Dannhauser, but she would have had no idea who he was, not even if he had happened to stroll into their dilapidated shack one day and introduce himself.

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