Smell
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‘Ah, that new baby smell — I’ve got some Chanel No. 5 here that can sort that out.’
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Internet
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‘My imaginary friend disagrees.’
Pool 2
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Prices
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‘He soon tired of the porn. Now he watches property prices going through the roof.’
Regular
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‘He’s a regular.’
Insignificant
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‘Makes you realise just how small and insignificant you are, doesn’t it?’
Fusion
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‘It’s fusion food — they mix cheap ingredients with sky-high prices.’
Legacy: Id 1
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‘OK, but for identification purposes a trench coat and rolled-up copy of the Times would have been preferable.’
Wrap
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‘I know it’s tempting but can you please stop popping the damn stuff while you’re making it.’
Heart
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‘As the plane took off, the transplant surgeon opened the ice box and realised that he’d left his heart in San Francisco.’
Miro
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‘Miro, Miro on the wall, who is the wealthiest one of all?’
Housing 2
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‘We want to settle down and have a housing crisis together.’
Barlow 2
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Jeans
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‘These are distressed and these are just slightly upset.’
Rowing
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‘Anyone sitting here?’
Spectator letters: America as a genetic experiment, and a gypsy reply to Rod Liddle
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The American experiment Sir: One can test Nicholas Wade’s hypothesis that social and political life is genetically determined (‘The genome of history’, 17 May) by constituting a nation along European lines, admitting immigrants from all over the world, and measuring the extent to which these immigrants assimilate to the dominant culture. That experiment is called
A Romanian neighbour? Most people wouldn’t even notice
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Parliamentary privilege Some facts and figures about the European Parliament, according to the parliament: — The parliament annually costs €3.10 per citizen in EU member states (compared with €7.30 for Westminster). — It received 1.4 million visitors over the past four years, with 790,400 visiting the Parliamentarium. And some facts from Single Seat, the campaign
The slow death of Nato
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The Cold War was won by 26 words contained within article five of the Treaty of Washington, which founded Nato in 1949: ‘The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all.’ There was no wriggling and no qualification.
Portrait of the week | 22 May 2014
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Home Demand for housing posed ‘the biggest risk to financial stability’ according to Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England. House prices rose by 8 per cent in the year to the end of March, according to the Office for National Statistics, and in London the increase was 17 per cent. The annual
Books and arts – 22 May 2014
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