But at one time or another, we have all been left behind while the one we love has gone off to train for battle, or keep the peace, or wage war.

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Love gone sour has never been a pretty thing.

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Fake Steve's responses at the initial meeting with this villainous prosecutor and his associate are exactly how anyone who has gone through such an experience would love to have responded--but dared not.

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The royal family would love to see Saddam Hussein gone, but it has no interest in taking the political risk of joining an attack on another Arab country while the Saudi public is agitated over the Palestinian problem.

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He went on to co-write hits including My Girl Has Gone, Going to a Go-Go and The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage.

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Everyone from David Hasselhoff to Jennifer Love Hewitt to William Shatner has tried to boldly go where hordes of celebrities have gone before: to the concert stage.

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But the ending seems contrived only in contrast to what has gone before a lovely quicksilver version of literary history, with the accent on young love that emerges unbidden, and old love that endures.

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Grohl has gone on to have success as singer and guitarist with a new band, Foo Fighters, while Love has also carved out an acting career with appearances in The People vs Larry Flynt and Man on the Moon.

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