You killed Mr Large when he was in the prime of his life.

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Prime Minister George Papandreou is in the fight of his life.

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His new partner, Celia Larkin, has taken more of a central role in his public life since he became Taoiseach, or prime minister.

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Hugh Masekela devoted the prime of his life to the struggle of his lifetime ending apartheid in South Africa.

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Across social media, where this election has a life of its own, comments poured in to commend Mr Sharif, the two-time prime minister now facing the fight of his political life against Mr Khan.

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Thinking (and the UNHCR's job) broadened under Ruud Lubbers, a former Dutch prime minister, who managed in his time (2001-2005) as head of the agency to breathe new life into some old buzzwords: repatriation, reintegration and rehabilitation.

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