Odey Asset Management, another hedge-fund titan, says it is in the process of establishing a Swiss operation in order to give itself some options, although it is unlikely that the whole operation would leave Britain.

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But the distillation process shortchanged Scene 5, in which he awaits his eye operation: Further exploration of his attachment to the Bricklayer and his fear of losing his past would have been potent here.

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Radiation is a threat to human health at every stage of the process, from uranium mining to plant operation (even in those new ultra-safe plants) to waste disposal.

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John Erickson makes something of the comparison between the great tsarist offensive in 1916 under Brusilov and Zhukov's operation in 1944 to clear the Germans from Belarus, showing in the process that the armies of both wars were not the primitive, poorly led, forces often depicted in western literature.

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However credible this assessment may be, we will endeavour - in view of the inherent uncertainties associated with any verification process, and, particularly in light of Iraq's past record of co-operation - to evaluate Iraq's capabilities on a continuous basis as part of our long-term monitoring and verification programme, in order to provide the international community with ongoing and real time assurances.

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