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The UK and France added a few extra percent to their GDPs by including drug-dealing, prostitution and smuggling.
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Le Pen’s mini-review of Braveheart is to the point. “How can we not be moved by this historical panorama celebrating patriotism, courage, honour and sacrifice, embodied in a man of the people…”
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I scan my memory, jumbled and blurred by hangover, jetlag, lifelag. Got it – he’s a media figure, fronts up current affairs programs, TV and radio. A real pro, and a nice guy too. “You’re looking well,” I respond.
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The Japanese are doing it again. The Koreans prefer to do it when nobody’s watching. The Chinese are at it brazenly and, like everything else they do, on an enormous scale. The Swiss tried it, without much success.
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Remember the fable of the hard-working ant and the irresponsible fun-loving grasshopper? As generations of parents tell their children, both creatures get what they deserve. The grasshopper pays a terrible price for his summer of fun, while the ant survives the winter snug and smug.