"I don't know what possessed people last time, " Kamau said of the violence.

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Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti said she owned a 70-square-metre (750-square-foot) flat in Paris, adding more light-heartedly that she also possessed a David Beckham T-shirt.

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Oh gosh, we haven't been so panicked since our phones were hypothetically possessed by demons.

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There are some male possession films, like Amityville 2: The Possession, that don't work for many reasons, but with a possessed girl you instantly feel protective of her.

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He doesn't credit himself with any particular olfactory gift such as the one possessed by Grenouille, the homicidal perfumer in the novel "Perfume, " who is blessed, or perhaps cursed, with the planet's most discerning nostrils. (If you haven't, it's a stunning read.) "I have an educated nose, " he explained.

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