"When I was a student at UEA, back in the mid-sixties, I was taught by Angus Wilson and Malcolm Bradbury, and this helped to change the direction of my life, setting me on the path towards becoming a writer, " she said.

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And the way that he treats it is, it's the most searing experience of his political life and one that set him on the path to being a reformer.

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Or will the Egyptian people take back their country, throw off Hitler's long shadow, and begin again on the hopeful path to democracy and a decent life that they began at the beginning of the modern era?

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Surely, that is, it is the case that in real life Ben Bradlee goaded on his reporters to go after Nixon, rather than provide the path of most heavy resistance.

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