It is such a pity that because Polydor have eliminated it from the charts it has not been given a chance of becoming the biggest selling record of the year.

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It is a pity that Mr Siegelbaum's book has such poor photographs: for those who never experienced the true horrors of Soviet-era motoring, words are not enough.

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That said, it is no small achievement to have reached such a wide audience with the pity of this particular war.

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