Lord Eames said it was time for a "final step out of the conflict by dealing with the legacy of the past".

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Youth Radio's Nishat Kurwa profiles one student who's helping change South Africa's universities while dealing with the legacy of her country's apartheid past.

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And we, as I said earlier, are dealing with the legacy of decisions that have been made over the past many years -- not paying for a prescription drug benefit, not paying for wars, not paying for tax cuts -- that changed our fiscal situation much more markedly than anything ever had.

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King recently told the Los Angeles Times that while he had come to terms with his broader legacy, dealing with the past had not been easy.

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Torben Stentoft, the boss of Hvidovre Hospital in Copenhagen and the head of the city's network, says that his main concern is the nitty-gritty of dealing with all of his legacy computers which need to be tweaked or replaced.

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Bank of America is still dealing with its legacy mortgage issues which have been a regular source of concern for the company over the last 3 years.

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