We live in America, land of the free and home of the brave?

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We're Americans, the land of the free and the home of the brave.

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But this is America, the home of the brave, land of the free, and site of some of the stupidest farm programs ever concocted.

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In Home of the Brave (2006), veteran characters hit the bottle and lash out, but nevertheless remain noble figures who are able to integrate back into the country they selflessly served.

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But maybe the difference in American and Swedish obesity is purely cultural in nature: maybe those austere, disciplined Nordics know not to gorge themselves at the government trough despite the fact that their welfare state is ludicrously more lavish than anything on offer in the land of the free and the home of the brave.

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The European 5, 000m silver medallist, 23, paid the price for a brave display of front running and he trailed home in last place in eight minutes, 00.60 seconds.

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