For them the Great Recession is not a cute aphorism but a major cataclysm.

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The old aphorism about six degrees of separation may not apply any more, Facebook research Lars Backstrom reported.

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They tend to emphasise the first bit of Mr Milliband's aphorism: that there can be no military solution.

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The time-honored aphorism by Daniel Patrick Moynihan -- "everyone is entitled to their own opinion but not their own facts" -- is being undercut by critics who come armed with their own facts, making reasoning together all but impossible.

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