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The court heard she had been her "usual self" and her mother had given her a hug and a kiss before bedtime.

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In a documentary, “Unafraid,” Xenarios and Anderson describe their younger selves as “angry, idealistic, progressive,” and they assembled a staff of like-minded women who saw their work as an integral part of the women’s movement.

Most self-employed people pay their NICs through their self assessment tax return.

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She noted how along with hot flushes, brain fog and a low mood, it had brought with it a kind of "low self esteem that you don't expect".

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But they are also plangently individual, yearning to harmonize their fates with their true selves.

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

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