All the articles exemplify Said's joined-up attitude to cultural criticism, eschewing detailed evaluations of individual performances for more sweeping assessments of a particular work's current cultural and social resonances.

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Indeed, at times it has seemed not only that Mr Blair is beyond criticism, but so even are his individual policies.

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As if to answer that criticism, Tim Cook finally came back on stage to tell us that Apple was not about the individual products, more about how they all worked seamlessly together.

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