The wittier and well-written the blog post, the more it matters and stakes its ground online in the blogging community.

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The behind-the-scenes turmoil first came into the public domain when Smith vacated his post, complaining about Davidson's interference in team matters.

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I've created the post of NSC legal advisor to assure a greater sensitivity to matters of the law.

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Scientist Peter Gleick, head of the Pacific Institute and a moderately well-known commentator on such matters, spilled the beans in the Huffington Post and proffered an apology.

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With no strong track record in financial matters, he had been an unlikely choice for that post.

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To make matters worse, ordinary Libyans harbour impossibly high hopes for the post-sanctions era.

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In his first post for the blog, my colleague John Patrick explains how it can actually stifle change and make matters worse.

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