They smiled at one another and waved their hands in the air, showing the victory sign.

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And France, which in the past has always tried to make sure that its African friends stay in power in one way or another, is now sitting on its hands.

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While many believe that set-pieces are the decisive factor in a game, for Mourinho the key to winning lies in transitions - the moment when possession changes hands from one side to another.

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Just like with the Wii and motion controls, Nintendo leads the way with second screen controllers with the Wii U. If this report is correct, Sony wants to go the proprietary hardware route, whereas Microsoft is going with phones and tablets, but one way or another all the major companies want to put second screens in our hands.

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Then imagine different pairs of hands trying to sew the quilt together, pulling one bit in one direction, another bit in another.

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In Washington, leaders on both sides of the aisle wring their hands and point fingers at one another, attempting to place blame for the fact that nothing is getting done.

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It also hands out two food waste caddies - one for putting food scraps in for the kitchen and another for kerbside collection.

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He is looking at them as they absently sift sand with their hands, and imagining them as children in cotton hats, pouring sand from one bucket to another as their parents talk over and around them.

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But here is the thing: The size of the takeover may well be its attraction, in respect of one aspect of public policy, but it looks likely to be its undoing, at the hands of another part of the state apparatus, the City regulator, the Financial Services Authority.

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