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| Can you tell your crotons apart? |
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| HARD WORK |
| The vast diversity of lives that children lead in different parts of the world often requires them to do an equally diverse r...|
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| RULE OF THREE |
| Democracy is the weakest link between the West and the Islamic world. The Taliban infiltration into the prosperous Arghandab ...|
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| Vishnu, Shiva, and is that Mr Plod? |
| It was a wonder that burst upon me on a sleepy spring afternoon. There is no other way to express my open-mouthed reception of the Hangseshwari temple in Bansberia. I was not ... |
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Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of. — JANE AUSTEN
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