It sings and dances to beat the band, and just about dares you not to love it.

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Nothing will, British Columbians reckon, so long as American policy is as in many trade disputes essentially made by the commercial interests concerned, and the American federal government dares not say boo to that of Alaska.

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But when Ariel Sharon dares to visit this site, not turning over a stone, it becomes a provocation and seems to the world (you included) as justification for riots.

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In India, as in many countries, the government dares not allow the rising price of crude to be felt in the common man's pockets.

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In another Palestinian camp, outside Sidon, a port south of Beirut, where the regular Lebanese army dares not go, a bearded Sunni bomb-maker boasts of how many times he has travelled to Iraq to wage jihad.

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When Americans depose a foreign leader who dares such defiance, they not only assert their rights in one country but also send a clear message to others.

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Labour dares not tinker with the City's ancient guilds and their elaborate ceremonies, which offer pinstriped bankers a chance to dress in fancy costumes and dine in grand halls.

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