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Defining Moment
Silvio Berlusconi
In 1993, he and his allies created a political party modelled on a commercial empire
The Information
House price crashes
The US is not among developed countries that have experienced a bust since the 1970s
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We come in peace
In a wild corner of Afghanistan, the US military is not gearing for combat but trying to win hearts and minds. But as violence continues, schools and ‘mosque refurbishment kits’ don’t seem to be enough
Beyond definition
Making a dictionary of Wapisiana – an indigenous language spoken in South America – was time-consuming, but not as dull as Samuel Johnson declared
Fly fishing
Angling for silver salmon and wild trout in the river Lyd during the start of spring can be quite unpredictable
World Tour #3
Cremona is home to Arvedi steel works and violin-makers emulating Antonio Stradivari
‘I found out who stole my father’s house’
‘It was a victory after being told we had not been victims of a crime,’ says Jas Singh
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PURSUITS
Splitting headaches
Marital spats need not be expensive anymore. Hundreds are now turning to the internet where ailing souls can gripe about their relationship endlessly and for free
One-track mind
The experience of driving an exalted automotive specimen for the Goodwood Festival of Speed never palls, writes John Griffiths
A dawn chorus walk
Birds perch on every available surface – on hedgerows, pitched roofs, fences, and among an orchard full of flowers
MATTHEW ENGEL
Dispatch from Longtown, Cumbria
The Scottish town is enjoying a turnround after foot and mouth disease brought it to the brink of ruin in 2001
UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST
Happiness is a more expensive nicotine hit
Higher cigarette prices might even be a blessing to smokers by encouraging them to smoke less, or even to quit entirely
MRS MONEYPENNY
The domino theory of teenage nutrition
Parenting is a tough business for many, Mrs M included, so suppress the urge to judge pizza parents too quickly
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