We timed our visit, earlier this month, to coincide with one of the annual rounds of meetings of scientists and officials - but we had no idea whether anyone would welcome the prospect of a television camera in their midst, let alone talk to us.

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How Republicans and Democrats in Washington choose to answer that question will have a major impact on the next four months for the US economy, let alone four years.

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What it has to tell us of life, let alone suffering, beyond the savage enchantment of the movies could be written on the head of a bullet.

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