Goran Persson, Sweden's prime minister, plucked a merry clutch of rabbits out of his conjuror's hat.

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One of his bits of magic was seemingly to change the shape of his windows, using a conjuror's tricks of illusion.

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The prize for European animated feature film went to The Illusionist, a UK-French co-production about a French conjuror on tour in Scotland.

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Behind all this tax cutting is what looks like a conjuror's trick.

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They should call the conjuror's bluff.

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