Whether we realize it or not, the companies we work for, the teams we love, and the channels we watch our beloved pastimes on are all helping shape the political landscape of our country.

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And after returning from Cape Town, I had several offers, with one suitor flatteringly telling me, "we would love to work with the African Journalist of The Year".

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And after a lifetime of hard work, the folks that we love -- our grandparents and great-grandparents -- should be able to retire with some dignity and security.

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We love music and bicycles and do particularly good work with clients who feel the same way.

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Yes we work hard, but we also have enough time to love the right man in the way that he loves us if the right foundation is there, no matter what we do from the hours of 8 to 7 pm, and we are still less likely to run off with someone that tempts us in the workplace.

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And yes, we love the fact that we have better technology, and better techniques, and drugs that can work wonders.

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Their latest album, Infinite Light (which you can hear in its entirety here, two weeks before its release), illuminates the dark corridors of the duo's earlier work with uplifting, if mysterious, songs of love and all we do to find and hold on to it.

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