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Blame the men
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Minority report
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A Union of crowns
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The ape that made up its mind
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In the script
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Book burning
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Nouveau shaman
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In the know
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Betrayed by man
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Music across millennia
In 2005, when I was midway through my undergraduat...
Manual labour
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Murder, he wrote and wrote
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Sound and vision
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Still a rich boys’ club
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Bright lights, big cities
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A hanging judge
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Blood and flames
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Late style
At the start of her preface to this book – a slim,...
Webs of words
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