"It's very heartening for someone like me, teaching the next generation of journalists, to see a good old-fashioned newspaper turf war erupting here in Gloucestershire, " he said.

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The response was very heartening from companies of all sizes.

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Kalfus does all of this in a story told from the point of view of a character very different from himself, heartening in this age of autobiographical fiction.

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Yet the very banality of his character his vanity, his garrulousness, his guilt makes him a rather heartening case.

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