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So, off we go, heigh ho, heigh ho, as in the Disney cartoon, singing the words of Sidney Blumenthal: the new politics, the new economics, the new technology (nu, nu), all insured by comprehensive health insurance with prescription drugs, spectacles, and false teeth for the aged (as promised by Nye Bevan in 1950, when he set up the new British comprehensive health system).
The packaging promised that that I'd "feel cleaner, more refreshed, and confident," but somehow using the adult equivalent of baby wipes failed to enhance my self-esteem.
Hamerow quotes a moving statement by Tresckow: "If God once promised Abraham that he would destroy Sodom if only 10 righteous men lived there, then I hope that because of us God will also not destroy Germany."
But it is also because they doubt it would have the promised beneficial effect.
In Russia, where the government has announced plans to cut spending on social welfare programs, which are largely notional anyway, Segodnya published an upbeat interview with First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko predicting that the country will get its promised loans from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank "if nothing political happens again."