And you had school system that worked, an extended family that was there supporting it all, a church that gave spirituality to it all, and we were all told there was nothing we could not accomplish if our minds to it.

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"We went out and gave it our all and our defence played well to keep Wallace out for the whole match, " added captain Mark Jones.

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Iraq will be slowly turned back to its new security forces and American forces will slowly withdraw, no victory flag, no peace documents, no parades, providing fodder for those for and against the war -- it is now up to them, we gave them a chance, some will say -- it was all a waste, from others.

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The reality is that we're in this mess because for eight years we were in the grip of a radical economic ideology that preached that all would be well if we just gave free rein to corporate greed and removed all constraints on it.

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All of us ladies worked so hard and we gave it our best shot.

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All of these we gave, because he kept saying it was going to facilitate the lives of the ordinary people.

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Your Game was like no other event we have been to - it brought together a huge range of people from a variety of religions and backgrounds and gave us all a chance to participate and compete in an amazing arena.

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