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We may hear something of his impressions at the end of his trip, as it is customary for the Pope to hold a news conference with travelling press on the return flight to Rome.

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When pressed on the research unearthed at Yale, she acknowledged, “we were so focused on Philip Johnson I don’t know that we did as deep a dive on this issue.”

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"Instead, it pressed on with plans for relaxing measures over Christmas, while cases grew rapidly, only to change course on the 19 December, when levels of infection became critical," she said.

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When pressed on whether he denied making the comments altogether, he said he was not "denying or saying anything".

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“I am in receipt of a letter,” Penelope pressed on, for she had no desire to hear about Lady Ashton’s marital woes, or anyone else’s for that matter.

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

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