For Hutchinson, a character with a native background was the perfect avatar for the player to view the war unfolding.

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Besides, this latest revolution is being conducted under perfect conditions--no inflation, no war and a Fort Knox of risk capital available to all.

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The European Union is hardly perfect, but no one is preparing for war or even thinking about it, thanks to the imagination and perseverance of visionaries such as Jean Monnet and Robert Schuman.

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On the other, Mr. Musharraf has been a respectable, if albeit far from perfect, ally in the aptly-named long war.

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But to many, many others the explorer's courage, optimism and enthusiasm were the perfect distraction from a world still bruised by World War II and nervously watching the increasingly tense standoff between the United States and Soviet Union.

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Keith Martin, who has teenage children, in addition to a collection of 10 high-powered classic sports cars, says American's post-War "sense of self-confidence" found perfect expression in its automobiles, which were "noisy, sexy and stylish".

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Bush also talked about the Iraq war, saying the nation's fractured government "isn't perfect, but nevertheless progress is being made" on political reconciliation.

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