He must now prove his professed capacity for achieving consensus without paralysing policy.

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And there he was: a Londoner who professed a love of Iain M.

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Last year, Chernin professed to Forbes that he was comfortable with this arrangement and that he believed any Murdoch taking over the top spot would give him freedom similar to that which he's enjoyed under Rupert.

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He was, after all, a self-professed Clinton-Gore Democrat who morphed into a Bush-Cheney Republican.

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Mr. Curtis, however, professed his innocence and told investigators that he believed he could have been set up by enemies, possibly Mr. Dutschke.

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Vick has already been rewarded for his professed contrition with another shot at the NFL. He should be thrilled that he's back as the Eagles starting quarterback.

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"There are doctor shoppers, who see 15 doctors and pharmacies or more by deceiving physicians for professed pain and other disability that would cause prescribing these drugs, " he said.

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When the Pollard inquiry interviewed him Nick Vaughan-Barratt explained he was thinking of Savile's unorthodox lifestyle, his "weird" personality and his professed dislike of children.

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