God and Mrs Thatcher (57 page)
- Oakeshott, Michael
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- O’Brien, Richard
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- obscenity laws
- reform of
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- and NVLA
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- Occupy movement
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- Oddie, William
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- Oestreicher, Paul
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- Onslow, Cranley
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- original sin
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- Orwell, George
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- Osborne, George
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- Owen, David
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- Oxford University
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- Oxford University Conservative Association (OUCA)
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- Oz
magazine
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- Paul VI, Pope
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- Permissive Society, The
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- Persistence of Faith, The
(Sacks)
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- Peterson, Colin
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- Philips, Melanie
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- Pius XII, Pope
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- Plant, Raymond
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- Poland
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- Popieluszko, Jerzy
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- Popper, Karl
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- Portillo, Michael
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- poverty
- and Church of England
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- Powell, Charles
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- Powell, Enoch
- on secularism
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- resigns from Macmillan cabinet
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- ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech
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- and New Right
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- religious beliefs
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- and Church of England
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- and Pope John Paul II’s visit to Britain
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- Powell, William
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- Prayer Book
- 1927–8 revision
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- modernisation of
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- Prayer Book Society (PBS)
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- Prentice, Reg
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- Protection of Children Act (1978)
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- Putting Asunder
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- Quakers
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- Quinton, Anthony
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- Raban, Jonathan
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- Ramsey, Ian
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- Ramsey, Michael
- support for social reform
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- and capital punishment
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- support for decriminalization of homosexuality
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- and divorce law reform
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- and abortion
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- and immigration
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- support for popular culture
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- and Enoch Powell
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- appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury
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- on nuclear weapons
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- and South Africa
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- Reagan, Ronald
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- Redden, Jonathan
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- Reece, Gordon
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- Rees-Mogg, William
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- Reeve, Donald
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- Religion and Public Doctrine
(Cowling)
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- Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
(Tawney)
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- religious education
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- Richards, Gregory
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- Rifkind, Malcolm
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- Road to Serfdom
(Hayek)
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- Robens, Lord
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- Roberts, Alfred (MT’s father)
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- influence on MT
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- rise of
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- view of debt
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- influence of Methodism on
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- view of gambling
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- importance of Sabbath
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- leadership at Finkin Street Methodist Church
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- sermons of
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- class of
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Rotten Borough
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- involvement in civic life
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- view of international affairs
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- and William Kendall
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- concern about MT’s faith
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- and MT’s marriage to Denis Thatcher
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- death of
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- Roberts, Beatrice (MT’s mother)
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- Roberts, Muriel (MT’s sister)
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- Robbins, Lionel
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- Robinson, Gene
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- Robinson, John
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- Robinson, Michael
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- Rogers, Adrian
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- Roman Catholic Church
- in post-war years
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- support for decriminalization of homosexuality
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- and abortion
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- and contraception
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- and Second Vatican Council
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- Enoch Powell’s opposition to
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- fall in attendance
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- and HIV/AIDS
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- and 1988 Education Act
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- struggle with communism
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- and Solidarity
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- relationship with Church of England
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- Romans in Britain, The
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- Rotary Club
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- Rotten Borough
(Anderson)
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- Rowntree, Joseph
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- Runcie, Robert
- at Oxford University
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- childhood of
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- during Second World War
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- and modernisation of Prayer Book
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- and Falklands War Thanksgiving Festival
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- role of
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- voting record in House of Lords
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- and 1981 riots
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Faith in the City
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- and Labour Party
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- and Miner’s Strike
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- and HIV/AIDS
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- and Cecil Parkinson
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- and women’s ordination
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- and 1987
Crockford’s Clerical Directory
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- 1988 meeting with MT
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- and wealth creation
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- and Pope John Paul II’s visit to Britain
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- Rushdie, Salman
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- Sacks, Jonathan
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- Sainsbury, Timothy
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- St Lawrence Jewry speeches
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- St Peter and St Paul Church, Ellesborough
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- Salisbury Review
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- Samaritans
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- Santer, Rt Rev. Mark
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- Satanic Verses, The
(Rushdie)
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- Scargill, Arthur
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- Schwarz, Walter
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- Scruton, Roger
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- Section 28 (Local Government Act 1988)
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- Seldon, Arthur
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- Selsdon Park conference
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- sexual morality
- MT’s views of
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- David Sheppard’s view of
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- and Church of England
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- Sexual Offences Act (1967)
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- Sexuality and Christian Insights
(British Council of Churches)
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- Sexuality and the Church
(House of Bishops)
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- Sheppard, David
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- ordination of
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- on Bishops in the House of Lords
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- on voluntary sector
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- on unemployment
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- and 1981 riots
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Faith in the City
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- attack on individualism
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- attacks Conservative Party
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- and Liverpool Council
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- and Miner’s Strike
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- and sexual morality
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- and HIV/AIDS
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- and homosexuality
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- during 1987 general election
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- on charitable giving
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- and Pope John Paul II’s visit to Britain
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- and South Africa
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- and Labour Party
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- Sheppard, Geoffrey
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- Short, Claire
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- Simon of Glaisdale, Lord
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- Simpson, Robert
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- single parents
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- Skinner, Rev.
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- Smith, Sidney
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- Social Democratic Party (SDP)
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- Social Security Act (1985)
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- socialism
- middle-class fear of
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- and Christian Socialist League
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- MT’s view of
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- and neo-liberalism
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- Solidarity (trade union)
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- Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
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- Soper, Lord
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- South Africa
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- Southerst, Jean
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- Spectator, The
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- Spirit of Democratic Capitalism, The
(Novak)
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- Spitting Image
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- Spivey, Rev. R. V.
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- Spycatcher
(Wright)
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- Stacey, Nicholas
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- Stanbrook, Ivor
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- Stancliffee, E.
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- Stanford, Peter
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- Steel, David
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- Streep, Meryl
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- Sun, The
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- Sunday Telegraph
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- Sunday Times
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- Sunday trading
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- Sutherland, Virginia
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- Sybil or Two Nations
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