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We wanted a default, an outcome that would be a true reflection of the terrible extent to which we were dispirited by the choices.
While some people may prefer not to see the graphic images or retelling, it's only by really knowing the full, terrible extent of something that isn't right in society that people can be truly moved to want change.
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Moreover, that deficit would have been even higher but for inflated receipts from ebullient property markets and financial firms.Mr Darling was able to announce a somewhat improved forecast for this year's borrowing but only to the extent that terrible is better than horrendous.
Balibo latches onto several topical issues: the value of in-the-field journalism, whether the outcomes of reporting in perilous places justify the risks, and, on a more human level, to what extent a terrible situation can lead to a jaded person having a final crack at redemption.
"The issue is how I can help mitigate to the extent possible a terrible tragedy," he said.
That witness called the police, who apprehended Moseley and soon realized the extent of the terrible crimes he'd committed.
To some extent, such incidents, as terrible as they are, merely reflect the frequency of such transactional hazards in the wider world.
The question of whether it can overcome its terrible past will depend, to an extent, on whether Putin and billionaires like Alekperov can overcome their pasts, too.
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