The US, meanwhile, has called for calm, with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging "cooler heads to prevail".

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"Easy Money" breaks no new ground, but it gives us a memorable hero who cannot fathom his cohorts' passion to prevail and prosper or, failing that, to survive.

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They remind us that when we come together as one people and as one community, one nation, then we prevail.

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But as President Bush told us way back on September 20, 2001, it will take a long-term determined effort to prevail.

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