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Mainly the trip to this trompe l’oeil house of mystery feels like a detour, though Mr. Freeman’s presence makes it bearable.

Sarkozy also paid tribute to prison staff who had made his time in prison "bearable".

In Japan, as in the U.S., a new leader wants the central bank to make government debt more bearable, which could feed inflation.

"Most of the sorties I flew were around 30 minutes long, so the discomfort was bearable. In the end, however, it was all part of the game and still enjoyable," he told me.

Their costs at the inquests - which would eventually run to more than £63m - were only bearable because they were met by the Home Office which set up a special scheme to cover them.