This clear-headed thinking meant his team braved one of the most dangerous climbs in the world and made it back down again, together.

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What we do need to be good citizens are multiple news sources, access to in-depth reporting and clear thinking, and hunger to do as journalism consumers what journalists at their best do try to get the story right.

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There is no way to write a six-page, narratively structured memo and not have clear thinking.

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If the GLC's policies for employment were damaging, then so is the government's New Deal for Communities - a policy that makes clear that some of the GLC's thinking is alive and well in Whitehall.

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The report also found there was "no evidence of clear thinking" on how a decision to save money in one budget area might have a knock-on effect on costs elsewhere.

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