Well, here was a pageant, and on my first night in Florence: the 16th-century Palazzo Budini Gattai, with its ordered gardens, rib-vaulted loggia and towering mirrors that reflected and rebathed the self-consciously preening partygoers in flattering golden light.

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SELF-CONGRATULATION could be forgiven as delegates reflected on a remarkable success.

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As others have noted, the ban also reflected the fact that the government oversees its own lending scheme, the Self-Help Groups (SHGs), and that the suicides presented a great opportunity to shut down competitors.

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For me, Jeff reflected those attributes about myself that I disliked the way I can be self-serving and egotistical and self-satisfied.

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