"The anonymity aspect allows me to basically say everything that's on my mind, " said Yuri Spiro, a 68-year-old publishing executive living in California.

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Spiro said he re-read the novel on Chapman's request.

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Dr Spiro maintains that without German support, any ECB-backed measures will lack credibility in the eyes of the markets.

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The company's investors, who include Chris Evans of Merlin Ventures, perhaps Britain's best-known biotechnology entrepreneur, headhunted an experienced biotechnology manager from America, Spiro Rombotis, to run the firm.

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That was the special election held to replace Rep. Gerald Ford (R-MI), who had become Nixon's vice president in the aftermath of Spiro Agnew's resignation.

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