In truth the king has always been capable of showing his displeasure at coups when it suited him, by rallying troops or by dragging his feet in accepting their outcome.

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Berezovsky denied it, but in the Abramovich case it suited him to change his story and say the opposite so his evidence now became that he did have those close links with Yeltsin, and he claimed that that is what made him so valuable to Abramovich.

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Sources tell TIME that Clinton and his advisers had practiced a dozen set-pieces--short speeches about the ideological vendetta of the Paula Jones lawyers, appeals to Americans' sense of privacy and fair play--and that he treated the prosecutors like reporters at a press conference, ignoring their questions when it suited him, making sure to get his message out.

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It would have suited him that going into the game on Tuesday most of the talk was about the enduring rivalry between the Chelsea boss and Benitez.

BBC: Bolton captain

So his background, his range of experiences, his -- what he brings to this job make him ideally suited to fill it.

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