Roosten brightened and sent a relieved half wave in the direction of the whoop and someone else pity-whooped him.

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As he begins to play, I wave good-bye, and he responds with a suspicious glance in my general direction.

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Although a wave of part-privatisation is promised, the government has been going in the opposite direction, buying out Western shareholders in some Russian aerospace firms.

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