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| Chilled out |
| There is very little to lighten the winter darkness in Britain |
| This is meant to be the worst time of the year here. Three weeks or so after Christmas, the theoretically jolly festivities are but a distant memory of which we are now counting the expense, and we are consumed by winter depression with nothing furth... |
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| Important question |
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Sir — Ashok Mitra has raised a pertinent question — “Does the prime minister matter?” — in his arti ... |
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| Without a future |
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Sir — The editorial, “Dismal state” (Jan 14), has rightly described the bitter rivalry between West ... |
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| Parting shot |
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Sir — It is shocking that books were stolen from the premises of the Calcutta High Court (“Books st ... |
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| ROUGH PASSAGE |
| The body of a 15-year-old girl hanging from a barbed wire fence for hours is the latest symbol of the South Asian border trag...|
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| CRY FREEDOM |
| From languishing at the bottom of all indices that symbolize the triumph of humanity, sub-Saharan Africa is on its way to bec...|
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| What age cannot wither |
| An attractive woman of advanced years is often pronounced “well-preserved”. People agree she “maintains herself” very well. She could be an interesting, slightly decrepit, her... |
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| Whose problem is it anyway? |
| Often enough, in situations of some seriousness or in the midst of an epiphany, one hears people gravely intone, “Nothing lasts forever”. Recently, while watching a recording ... |
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| Size up |
| “Make it large.” Large is cool, large is the big life, large is fun — as long as it is a drink. Presented by a lithe, moody, po-facedly funny, immensely popular actor, support... |
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It is the hour to be drunken! To escape being the martyred slaves of time, be ceaselessly drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish.
— CHARLES BAUDELAIRE
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