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Human interactions are built on trust. We trust others to hand over the goods when we pay them. We trust banks with our money and doctors with our lives. We trust governments to run our countries and newspapers to tell us how they are doing it. The more trust in a society, the better it …
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The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce. 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. 4) We must polish the Polish furniture.. 5) He could lead if he would get the lead out. 6). The soldier decided to …
British churches are quite famous for their parish bulletins. The following sentences have actually appeared in bulletins or have been announced at church services. Mistakes inadvertent, we are led to believe! The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals. ————————– Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used …
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One of the aggravations of modern life, is the way we’re always being asked to review things online. You need only take delivery of a small parcel to get a text asking you to rate your “service experience”. So it was a delight to read last week how a young journalist, Oobah Butler, had exposed …
The Sea is Calm – a poem The soft, pink clouds hang over the distant horizon. The glazed water gently rolls towards the beach. A breeze-less, tranquil, tropical morning. A man in a punt moves over the unruffled surface. You can see that he has used a punt before By the way he raises the …
