Gone are the days when dining in Prague meant gawping balefully at plates of stodgy dumplings.

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Manuel stared balefully at us from his perch in the kitchen, saying nothing.

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In that instance it was young loyalists who were so balefully xenophobic.

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But one of them has done more than silently worry and gaze balefully at his bank statement -- he has set up a business to tackle the issue for others.

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