The Commons shadow-play did, however, illustrate the unresolved tension between agreement on paper and conversion to compromise in practice.

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They say he remains the right man for the presidency because of his legendary mastery of Indonesia's political shadow-play.

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Before his death, Melanson published Rhodes-Hughes' statement in "Shadow Play, " a book he co-authored with William Klaber in 1997 and one of several Melanson wrote on the Robert Kennedy assassination.

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The dispute continued to cast a shadow over the match, despite England's tenacious display ensuring the series - with one Test to play - cannot be lost by them.

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