This historic, butter-coloured, building overlooking central Piazza della Repubblica is both Elba's oldest hotel and where guests of Napoleon are reputed to have stayed.

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This is because the pulp archetypes of human persuasion fall victim to excessive dumbing down some of the scientists, like the crew headed by Idris Elba's Janek, talk like middle-school dropouts or to stultifying self-seriousness.

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Elba Esther Gordillo, who has led Mexico's high-profile national teachers union for more than two decades, was in federal custody after she was arrested at an airport outside Mexico City on Tuesday, the country's attorney general told reporters.

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