It would enable the marketplace to support more retailers, which would mean more bookstores promoting the joys of reading to more readers.

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Mr Medvedev talked to the Valdai club about the joys of spending eight hours with Mr Obama, whereas Mr Putin reminisced more about his old friend George.

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One of the joys of the immediate post election period is having a look around at what the more minor results have been.

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Nobody in the West is brought up any more with this love of life and acceptance of its sorrows as well as an ability to experience its joys so deeply.

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