Asked to describe the life of a man in one word, most dogs will acknowledge it is rough.

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Edvard Radzinsky, a flamboyant, populist Russian historian and playwright, claims in this latest addition to the bookpile, to have written the final word on the man who contributed so dramatically to the downfall of the last tsar of Russia.

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Perhaps the final word should go to the man many credit with pioneering the idea of restricting food intake to extend life.

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In a short preface Mr Kynaston says that his intention was to demythologise the City which had thought of itself as a village in which a man's word was his bond and discipline was administered by a nod and a wink from the governor of the Bank of England.

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I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that these next two years he will be a man of his word and work with us on a bipartisan basis.

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Google CEO Larry Page was among the many others to offer a word on the man who is seen as the most forward-thinking CEO of the last few decades.

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With our last word in business today, we'll remember a man who solved the problem of growing the American wine industry.

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On average, audiences gave "Iron Man 3" an A grade, according to market research firm CinemaScore, meaning word-of-mouth for the film should be strong.

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