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Bad or mad?
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In need of some snake-blood
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Yes, prime minister
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Hillary Clinton in the Middle East
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A jungle alliance that may just endure
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Whose land?
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Steady but stale

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A new landscape
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Back to the farm
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Now for something completely different
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Getting it together
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Sorry, that's personal
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The odd couple
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