She had been sent to him because she had been questioning her faith and needed help getting back on the religious path, she testified.

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Mr Hague has won the much-needed praise of Lady Thatcher, but she would still prefer him to rule Britain out of the euro forever.

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The school nurse was Lucy's crucial advocate, never needing to be convinced of the seriousness of Davis's asthma, confident enough in her own judgment to intervene at the moment he needed it, rather than allowing him to suffer while she tried to find Lucy or fretfully sought out approval from some higher medical authority.

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She began accompanying him to his cricket matches, then joined in when they needed volunteers.

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She told him to put her down and he kissed her and told her he needed her, and she said what he needed was his wife down the hall.

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For her part, Witherspoon is equally determined to get out and engage him, even at one point feigning to be pregnant and saying she needed to use the bathroom.

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"Chirac has always needed to admire someone who's got intellectual ascendancy over him, " she believes.

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She was so unlikely, Nana thought, though perhaps Pete needed such a girl to keep him in line to provide cover for him by making small talk, uttering pleasantries.

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