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...A soupçon of success for you has made her sour or distant. There can be tantrums. There can be banishment. Her comments may grow very sharp or the drawbridge might slam down....
...I wandered inside, and there, before me, were six men in their seventies and eighties gathered around an old upright, presided over by a sour-faced man in a cap. They were having a singalong....
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...His posthumous collection of short stories, rich in the pathos of youthful promises turned sour, is a fitting climax to an extraordinary career....
...For the story of how good intentions turned sour raises two key questions: how easy is it for private capital to help the ailing state sector?...
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