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Its message remains as defiant as ever.
Voters want both freedom and security.
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Interrogating decision-makers is still what journalism needs to do.
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Many in her inner circle were disdainful of libertarian free market dogmas.
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A new poem by Kathryn Simmonds.
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Rachel Hewitt's book is fuelled by vim and vigour.
Characters boldly sing about their psychological flaws and emotional dependencies.
Author Robert Harris should know that less is more.
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When the attacker began blankly spinning his lies in the interview room, you felt only numb.
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When I switched off the bedside light, everything went black.
It is a reflection of the human condition.
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