Any political fallout may thus depend on what happens to the pope's message once it's swept up into the sausage grinder of American spin.

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The prime minister, in the US "while unemployment reaches another high", might fancy a waiver on "American Spin", she joked, while "Final Approach" was the only horse for the health secretary.

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Cadbury Schweppes confirmed that it would spin off its North American beverages arm in a de-merger rather than seek a buyer.

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