We got ourselves an 11-point lead and then did a poor job closing that.

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As to poverty, Mr Singer thinks we are wrong to think well of ourselves when we give charitably to the world's poor.

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When Vizio entered the PC market last year, we weren't gushing about its computers, per se, but we found ourselves rooting for the company anyway: for all it got wrong (flaky trackpads, poor battery life), it did a lot of things right.

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