Since the burst of the dot-com bubble, the Internet-connected refrigerator, blender, toaster--fill in your favorite appliance here--have all become hackneyed jokes of a bygone era.

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In that hackneyed phrase, we need a third way between privatisation and centralised state provision.

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The signature caftans, which reached cult status after being adopted by Oprah, convey a kind of blue- blood ease that feels genuine rather than hackneyed and, more importantly, they happen to flatter a wide range of sizes and ages.

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