Also, be wary of creating the allusion of power and success by surrounding yourself with material items beyond your means.

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In one of his defiant pre-war rants, Mr Hussein made an infelicitous allusion to the sacking of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258: the way its modern vanguard rushed suicidally at American armour rather than confronting it from entrenched positions helped to ensure a similar outcome in 2003.

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The allusion-mongering soars only when the full-throated Klingons played by David Warner and Christopher Plummer brush up their Shakespeare over dinner with Kirk and crew.

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