The rhymes and the rhythm of the stories are just so much fun, the pictures are delightful and the books always make us laugh.

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"I'm looking to see how I can just tell a lot of the behind the scenes stories... and just document it so that in future times people can look back and remember this momentous occasion, " Mr Blair added.

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What was put out by the press was just a story, like so many stories we see in the mainstream media these days.

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Studying the development of quokkas and crows is one way to go beyond just-so stories in trying to understand how we got to be human.

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So the BBC now stands accused of sexing up its stories, just as the government is pilloried for sexing up its dossiers.

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Just as the routine of courtship is constantly renewed in humans, so the Cartland stories are served by a simple plot in which only the scenery and the characters are changed.

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This is just so fascinating that you have these kinds of stories interspersed all throughout the book.

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So just another one of these stories that are going to keep popping up for the next five months until the opening ceremonies.

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Still, the conditions in this zoo, where the humans were caged and the animals ran wild, were so miserable that there are stories of desperate prisoners seeking poisonous bites just to receive some tender nurse care and a short reprieve from the overcrowded cells and torture chambers.

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