It provides the characters and visual poetry on which to project our deepest feelings about the persistence of love, the power of friendship and the joy of embracing life toward the end of life.

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More importantly, the all but certain results of South Sudan's independence serve as yet another reminder to the West about the nature of power, war and friendship.

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He thought trade essential to prosperity and wanted friendship between Austria, Britain and France to balance the power of Prussia and Russia.

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