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He explained there is a cumulative damage to years of dealing with racist attitudes, which ripples through the whole family.

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"If they play for a low possession side and they've not really touched the ball, then I'll need to watch more just for more evidence," he explained.

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"He's selfish and difficult, but also funny, mad and kind of charismatic," he explains.

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Beijing’s insistence on EVs is better explained by the government’s desire to avoid dependence on foreign oil.

The committee determined that most of the factors explaining the failure spanned several years and multiple branches of the military.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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