She wangled dispensation from Rome, and arrived back in London yearning to be a woman.

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But at least he wangled a commitment of more Turkish troops to work on reconstruction projects in Afghanistan.

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So successful has Don been at manipulating employers that one year he wangled two different six-month severance packages.

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After the last general election, he wangled a deal with the winning Social Democrats, led by Milos Zeman, who had failed to secure an outright majority in parliament.

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