For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, it derives from an expression that was popular amongst medieval Londoners that referred to an event whose occurrence was believed to be impossible.

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With boyish good-looks and a rebel's cred (he dropped out of high-school and races rally cars) he's become one of China's more popular and recognizable bloggers, where the Internet is an increasingly popular forum for self-expression.

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Mr Powell has given satisfying expression to the nebulous popular apprehension that everything has just really got sort of dumb.

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Permitting only those with a degree in journalism to work in the media, the law would further limit citizen journalism and the freedom of expression of small and remote indigenous communities, according to the Network of Popular and Educational Radios in Ecuador (Corape).

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