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Jan 15, 2025 | 
spectator.com.au | Paul Wood
The former US president Jimmy Carterdied, at the age of 100, just before news of an imminent deal to free the last of Israel’s hostages in Gaza. Carter’s presidency was crippled by his own hostage crisis, American diplomats held captive in Tehran. Freeing them became his administration’s highest priority, and he worked on it for every single one of the 444 days the crisis lasted, often to the exclusion of anything else.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
thespectator.com | Paul Wood |LifeMy attempt |Catriona Olding |Nicholas Farrell
Democracy won, apparently. More than 73 million people voted for Donald J. Trump, who won 312 Electoral College votes and the popular vote, making him the 45th and 47th president of the United States. In the end, it wasn’t particularly close, and the exit polls from the night paint a pretty bleak picture for Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party.
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Nov 15, 2024 | thespectator.com | Paul Wood |LifeMy attempt |Catriona Olding |Nicholas Farrell
Democracy won, apparently. More than 73 million people voted for Donald J. Trump, who won 312 Electoral College votes and the popular vote, making him the 45th and 47th president of the United States. In the end, it wasn’t particularly close, and the exit polls from the night paint a pretty bleak picture for Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
spectator.com.au | Paul Wood
Iran has fallen into the trap set by Israel. It has taken the bait after months of failing to respond to a series of devastating – and humiliating – attacks, which decapitated its Lebanese militia, Hezbollah, and killed the leader of Hamas in Tehran. But the regime may have self-immolated by firing missiles at Israel on Tuesday night, an attack meant to inflict real harm – which inevitably means an Israeli response.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
spectator.com.au | Paul Wood
The American general David Petraeus famously asked of the invasion of Iraq: ‘Tell me how this ends.’ That’s the question as Israeli bombs and missiles fall on Lebanon and the few missiles Hezbollah has sent in response are intercepted. Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ seems paralysed with indecision. Does Benjamin Netanyahu take this as a win, the vindication of the enormous chance he took by opening a new northern front? Or, like a gambler intoxicated by success at the tables, does he press on?
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
spectator.com.au | Paul Wood
The fact that the Middle East stands on the brink of a catastrophic war can be explained by a scene from The Gentlemen, Guy Ritchie’s preposterous but entertaining series on Netflix about aristocrats and sarf London drug-dealers. The dim eldest son of a duke is in trouble with a vicious gangster, who makes him dress up as a chicken and cluck and dance while the whole excruciating spectacle is filmed.
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May 31, 2024 | 
yachtsandyachting.com | Paul Wood
Double whammy for our Sigmas in the EAORA Pattinson Cup & Ralph Herring Trophy
by Paul Wood 31 May 13:09 BST
Race two for the EAORA season, the West Mersea YC's Pattinson Cup was won by a Sigma 33, Magic Moments and sailed two handed.
It was a slow start at the Branklet Buoy on the River Crouch for the fleet. Very little wind was forecast all day, Micheal Wheeler with Golden Fleece aired his frustrations saying that he had travelled three miles in four hours.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
spectator.com.au | Paul Wood
As Jordanian fighter jets shot down Iranian drones heading for Israel on Saturday night, there were joyful cries of Allahu Akbar on the ground as some people lent out of their windows to cheer the drones they thought were getting through. King Abdullah II was depicted on social media wearing an Israeli military uniform complete with the Star of David and he must dearly wish that Israelis would shut up about their ‘new strategic alliance’ with old enemies like Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
spectator.com.au | Paul Wood
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Jan 23, 2024 | 
news.yahoo.com | Paul Wood
Forgoing needed oral health care due to cost can have major consequences. The Oklahoma Legislature can make a real difference this year and ensure that dental insurance provides real access to dental care. Access to dental care is critical to not just oral health, but also to overall physical, academic and economic health. Unfortunately, problems with dental insurance create real barriers between patients and their care.
