Still, Western donors, interested as ever in buying quiet, have not been too curious about Palestinian corruption that has diverted unknown amounts.

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Dogs are pretty curious, too.

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Young Muscovites such as Vika, Ilya and Tamara are too young for nostalgia, but they are curious and smart enough to know that the past shapes the present.

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The curious bit is that many of the tattooed have right-wing tendencies too.

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Most curious, to non-American ears, is another complaint: that the big universities are simply too big and too rich.

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