But they have not just survived in the modern world: they are flourishing.

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And this is a disease, as we know, that affects not just those diagnosed with it, and not just those who've survived it and those who've lost their lives to it, but it is a disease that also affects those who love and know them -- which these days seems like almost every single person in this country.

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Sir Ray points out that he survived not just the second world war but also five previous recessions and the advent of new media.

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The Houthis, as the rebels are known after the name of a leading clan in the remote and spectacularly rugged region, have survived the repeated assaults not just of Yemen's own modern army but also, in the latest campaign, heavy bombardment by the Saudi air force's Tornadoes and F-15 fighter aircraft.

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Mr Barak, whose government only just survived a coalition crisis last week, is under pressure from some of his coalition partners to not to make concessions to the Palestinians.

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Political instability, on display yesterday when the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, survived a challenge to her leadership, which turned out to not be a challenge at all, is just one tell-tale blowing in the negative winds sweeping across Australia.

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