He's winless in three starts this season, though in his previous outing he held Boston to two runs in 6 1-3 innings of a 3-1 loss.

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Given the proliferation of biographical and critical studies of Kipling in recent years, it is hardly surprising that some of his points have been made by previous writers, though it is no dishonour that his analysis here is close to George Orwell's.

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The songs are more upbeat and more produced than his previous work, though his homey narratives and disarming gallows humor are as present as ever.

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Though the calibre is mixed, his commission is on balance stronger than previous ones.

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He shows in detail how the king failed to see that his former military tutor, General Alfonso Armada, was the linchpin of the 1981 plot, even though the general had made his ambitions clear enough at a string of meetings over the previous months.

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Croatian-born John, who moved with his family to Australia when Bernard was three, has been coaching his son since he was 13, even though a man who used to drive taxis for a living had no previous tennis experience.

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