The incident drew much soul-searching in the mountaineering world, with Sir Edmund Hillary complaining to New Zealand's Otago Daily Times of the "horrifying" attitudes it revealed.

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Barcelona is the soul of Catalonia and a modern, world-class destination.

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Chart-topping soul star Seal - who has appeared as a mentor on various X Factor franchises around the world - admits "it can homogenise the industry".

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After a bubbly decade that saw the Red Sox take two World Series, 2011 felt like the bad old, soul-crushing Bucky Dent days.

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But coming at the same time as a Eurobarometer poll showing that 59% of Europeans see Israel as a threat to world peace, the affair has led to some broader soul-searching.

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If, as the phrase goes, another language equals another soul, then some 3, 054 souls -- 50% of the world's total languages -- are set to die out by 2100.

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Her soul-stirring words have taught us how to reach across division and honor the beauty of our world.

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