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Trump again seizes on terror incident without further and better information to call for travel ban, unlike his anxiety to wait for ALL of the facts before he condemns white terrorists who he described as fine folks. This condemnation is not worth his air intake, let him see the log in his eyes before the speck in others.
London Underground: ‘Terror incident’ at Parsons Green station – CNN
How Americanisms are killing the English language – By Hephzibah Anderson BBC
So it turns out I can no longer speak English. This was the alarming realisation foisted upon me by Matthew Engel’s witty, cantankerous yet nonetheless persuasive polemic That’s the Way it Crumbles: The American Conquest of English. Because by English, I mean British English. Despite having been born, raised and educated on British shores, it …
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Why the world has so many Guineas – The Economics
From Canada to Oceania, Guineas are in abundant supply GUINEA. Equatorial Guinea. Guinea-Bissau. Papua New Guinea. The Gulf of Guinea. Guinea, Virginia. Guinea, Nova Scotia. The world has more Guineas than a pirate's treasure chest. What explains the prevalence of the name? Etymologists dispute the earliest origins of the word “Guinea”. Some trace it to …
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Centre for Nigeria Progress 