Three swaggering young Rhineland farmers, on their way to a country dance, turn round to be photographed complete with their hats and canes, one of them dangling a cigarette between his lips.

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The problem with judging the winners and losers is that as an observer you have to second guess what the average voter wants - an aggressive exchange which might appeal to one viewer could prove a complete turn off for another.

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My goal is to be the youngest person in the world to complete a marathon on every continent before I turn 15, to honor not only my dad but the one in six men affected by prostate cancer.

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