German Chancellor Angela Merkel - deemed by Forbes the world's most powerful woman - called the award a "wise decision".

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Apparently if he were to delve into either of those fields, the world would be his oyster, career-wise.

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Though home ownership was always vastly overrated, and is particularly problematic in a world of fast-moving capital, those who were wise amid the latest government induced mania will be forced to pay for the mistakes of the profligate.

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I. security clearances, did the world-altering work of civil seraphim, and strode endless hallways, cracking wise in pools of amber light.

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