This was a great year for preventive worrying. Seldom in recent history have so many people worried about so many things that didn't happen in the end.
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Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right.
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This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
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This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
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Nations, like individuals, have to limit their objectives or take the consequences.
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