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    [The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the internet and the subsequent flowering of genealogical research. This obsession with roots will be felt especially keenly by foundlings, who often have no way of exploring their family histories.] I notice that genealogical sites now have warnings on them saying people should be ready for little surprises, ... They're not all going to find themselves descended from King Henry VIII or Richard Cur de Lion or Wellington. This is rather strange because it was pretty taken for granted a few generations ago that families had all kinds of little moments where things had gone not according to the book. It was just one of those things. You tried to accommodate it. There was no social welfare. You just had to sort it out within villages, the families, the parish. Children went to the workhouse, but people knew about it. Nowadays, there's a kind of surprise that these cases were so commonplace.

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Being in charge of a lot of people like that, it's a hard thing to do, so it has a read more

Being in charge of a lot of people like that, it's a hard thing to do, so it has a pretty big significance. His dad has to do everything.

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Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same.

Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same.

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Mr. Page regrets having uttered an obscenity in open court. Sixty days to serve in jail is disproportionately severe relative read more

Mr. Page regrets having uttered an obscenity in open court. Sixty days to serve in jail is disproportionately severe relative to the transgression.

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It could have been a real nasty situation. But our coaching staff, the Douglas coaching staff and everyone else got read more

It could have been a real nasty situation. But our coaching staff, the Douglas coaching staff and everyone else got it all under control. None of the players off the bench or any of the fans in the stands ever made contact with any players.

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Stability has been a concern here, but there is nothing to indicate any instability -- certainly there has been political read more

Stability has been a concern here, but there is nothing to indicate any instability -- certainly there has been political chaos.

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There's no containment on it.

There's no containment on it.

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You need your neighbors from time to time to help you get through a situation. Having good relations with your read more

You need your neighbors from time to time to help you get through a situation. Having good relations with your neighbor is just being smart.

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If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.

If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.

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It says a lot for the boys. They're not taking anything for granted and they're wrestling every match like it's read more

It says a lot for the boys. They're not taking anything for granted and they're wrestling every match like it's their last match. They're going out there and dominating and we're going to step it up here the next couple weeks.

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