The rules of a game, the distances we run, the criteria for inclusion are all made up, and we change them regularly.

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The main criteria for inclusion in the resulting atlas were that each attraction had to be open, interesting and accessible to English speakers.

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There were a few criteria for inclusion.

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Yet, faced with apparently fudged criteria and the inclusion of Italy, the European Central Bank might then choose to follow a tighter monetary policy, making the new currency harder, not softer.

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