Immersed in forests, as Sweden happily remains, in the Summer and Fall the young Astrid loved roaming, lying upon the giving Earth and drawing apples upon large sheets of drafting paper (both her parents being architects).

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The Basic Skills Agency, a quango charged with educating poorly-qualified people of all age groups, was not even consulted during the drafting of the white paper, it says.

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