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Reading Circle - September 2008
reading.circle@kirklees.gov.uk


Choose one of the options below to read other people's comments about books and authors, or to see creative writing by local people. You can send in your own contributions for the readers' pages at any time by filling in a simple form on your screen. You could also send in your review of any book, poem or play.

Share your thoughts about reading in general. Tell us what reading means to you and what part it plays in your life. Some ideas are:

  • Where do you read?
  • Why do you read?
  • What type of books do you read?
  • What have you learnt through reading?
  • Is there a book that reminds you of a particular event in your life?
  • Is there a book that makes you think of a certain person?
  • Is there a book you always meant to read but never got around to it?
  • Have you ever been inspired to do something because of a book?
Send in your contribution or share your thoughts about reading.
Poems you have written
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1: Stone Lion John Watson 28 Nov 2008
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2: OLD HIPPIE John Watson 28 Nov 2008
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3: THE CURTAINS HALF DRAWN John Watson 28 Nov 2008
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4: THE IRON TRAIN John Watson 28 Nov 2008
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5: RUN John Watson 28 Nov 2008
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6: Permanent Resolution Geoff Smith 28 Nov 2008
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7: IT COMES BACK John Watson 28 Nov 2008
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8: The Green Man John Watson 28 Nov 2008
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9: THE WOMAN IN THE BLUE RAINCOAT John Watson 28 Nov 2008
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10: IN A YELLOW DISH John Watson 28 Nov 2008
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11: September song Dennis Page 28 Nov 2008
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12: FAST TRAIN John Watson 28 Nov 2008
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13: The Merry Month of May Mary Mortimer 28 Nov 2008
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14: JUST THIS FRACTURED John Watson 28 Nov 2008
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15: Livingstone René Thomas 28 Nov 2008
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16: ACCIDENT Jackie Jones 28 Nov 2008
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17: Eve Tucked up asleep Amanda Walton 28 Nov 2008
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18: Rhymes for 2007 Dennis Page 28 Nov 2008
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19: Summer Sky from the K.H. Charity Shop Mary Mortimer 28 Nov 2008
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20: Life Mrs Julie Sweeney 28 Nov 2008
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21: Autumn 1 Mary Mortimer 30 Nov 2008
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22: Autumn Leaves John Watson 30 Nov 2008
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23: Me myself Personally I Our Bruce 17 Dec 2008
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24: North Sea (1960) Dennis Page 31 Dec 2008
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25: 29th February 2008 Dennis Page 31 Dec 2008
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26: England (1940) Dennis Page 31 Dec 2008
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27: End of Embarkation Leave (1940) Dennis Page 31 Dec 2008
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28: TODAY Jackie Jones 31 Dec 2008
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29: The Young, and The Old Peggy Reeves 6 Jan 2009
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30: SIXTY ONE TODAY Our Bruce 21 Jan 2009
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31: Money Doesn`t Grow on Trees John Watson 23 Jan 2009
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32: Every morning Mary Mortimer 29 Jan 2009
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33: Missing Peggy Reeves 30 Jan 2009
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34: Winter Rose Mary Mortimer 27 Feb 2009
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35: This Winter... Amanda Walton 3 Mar 2009
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36: Sixpence Mary Mortimer 11 Mar 2009
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37: It`ll Be Reight Mary Mortimer 27 Mar 2009
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38: Idle Thoughts on Summer Evening Mary Mortimer 15 Apr 2009
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39: I Plant a Row of Peas Vicki Dyson 21 Apr 2009
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40: Moon, stars, clear skies... Lynette Grimes 30 Apr 2009
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41: Ottis Lynette Grimes 10 Jun 2009
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42: Maay Pen Raay Mary Mortimer 17 Jun 2009
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43: What is this thing called Angry? Satwant Kam Samra 20 Jun 2009
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44: Springtime Julie Sweeney (Mrs) 26 Jun 2009
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45: Pizza and coffee at H B S C Mary Mortimer 30 Jun 2009
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46: Bright light Lynette Grimes 2 Jul 2009
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47: Remembering Brendan - 13th July Julie Sweeney (Mrs) 14 Jul 2009
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48: Progress? Julie Sweeney (Mrs) 15 Jul 2009
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49: Succeeding? Julie Sweeney (Mrs) 16 Jul 2009
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50: Schnitzel Tobias Der Erste, A Dog Mary Mortimer 22 Jul 2009
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51: I write about a love... Lynette Grimes 23 Jul 2009
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52: Birds Julie Sweeney (Mrs) 31 Jul 2009
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53: I want to travel... Lynette Grimes 3 Aug 2009
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54: HAPPY. NEVER LIVED John Watson 20 Aug 2009
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55: Waiting For the Meter Reader Mary Mortimer 15 Sep 2009
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56: August Julie Sweeney 16 Sep 2009
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57: Two Days in the Life of an 85 year old Dennis Page 25 Sep 2009
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58: Dear Invisible Group Mary Mortimer 1 Oct 2009
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59: PLAY ON EMOTION Our Bruce... 1 Oct 2009
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60: She`s beautiful... Lynette Grimes 2 Oct 2009
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61: Life Julie Sweeney (Mrs) 2 Oct 2009
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62: I stand in the rain... Lynette Grimes 3 Oct 2009
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63: Words Julie Sweeney (Mrs) 4 Oct 2009
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64: End of Season Dennis Page 30 Oct 2009
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65: October Cynicals Mary Mortimer 31 Oct 2009
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66: Kath Michelle 1 Nov 2009
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Short stories you have written
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1: Toby`s Mischief Day Mary Mortimer 28 Nov 2008
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2: Kylie Amanda Walton 28 Nov 2008
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3: February 26th and 27th Mary Mortimer 28 Nov 2008
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4: 11 / 11 / 07 Mary Mortimer 28 Nov 2008
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5: Blackpool Amanda Walton 28 Nov 2008
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6: Moon Man II Mary Mortimer 28 Nov 2008
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7: Remembrance Sunday Mary Mortimer 31 Dec 2008
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8: An Unexpected Christmas Almond Tree Mary Mortimer 31 Jan 2009
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9: My Little Drain Mary Mortimer 19 Mar 2009
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10: My sadest day in my life Satwant Kam Samra 20 Mar 2009
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11: Fatso`s Treeling Mary Mortimer 26 Mar 2009
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12: Secondhand Clothes Alison Munday 31 May 2009
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13: You Bloody Liar - part one Our Bruce 31 Jul 2009
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14: You Bloody Liar - part two Our Bruce 1 Aug 2009
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15: You Bloody Liar - part three Our Bruce 2 Aug 2009
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16: You Bloody Liar - part four Our Bruce 3 Aug 2009
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17: For Trevor Mary Mortimer 30 Aug 2009
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18: T` Other Neet Mary Mortimer 16 Sep 2009
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19: We grew a little nut tree Mary Mortimer 15 Oct 2009
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20: This old house Mary Mortimer 30 Oct 2009
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21: Stone the crows Mary Mortimer 20 Nov 2009
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22: Ron the Wrestler Mary Mortimer 31 Dec 2009
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Your thoughts
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1: Thoughts About Reading Jean Sims 30 Oct 2009
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2: Thoughts on reading. Questions and answers. Mary Mortimer 30 Oct 2009
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3: MY TOP TEN BOOKS Lesley 31 Oct 2009
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Your comments about Fiction
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1: The Constant Gardener by John Le Carre John 28 Nov 2008
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2: Love In The Present Tense by Catherine Ryan Hyde John 28 Nov 2008
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3: The Abortionists Daughter by Elisabeth Hyde John 28 Nov 2008
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4: Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris John 28 Nov 2008
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5: The Wildfire Season by Andrew Pyper John 31 Dec 2008
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6: The Colour Of Love by Preethi Nair John 30 Jan 2009
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7: The Girl In Times Square by Paullina Simons John 3 Feb 2009
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8: Maybe the Moon by Armistead Maupin John 12 Mar 2009
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9: The God of Small Things - Arundati Roy John 19 Mar 2009
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10: Emperor: The Gates Of Rome by Conn Iggulden John 20 May 2009
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11: The Portrait by Iain Pears John 22 May 2009
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12: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon John 29 May 2009
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13: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens John 18 Jun 2009
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14: Child of the Sun by Kyle Onstott and Lance Horner Gillian Steel 18 Jun 2009
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15: Three Men in a Boat by JEROME K JEROME John 30 Jun 2009
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16: The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark John 22 Jul 2009
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17: Huckleberry Finn and Anna Karenina Dennis Page 19 Aug 2009
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18: Scarlet Feather Valerie Carter 15 Sep 2009
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19: The Chinese Lantern Jean Sims 23 Sep 2009
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20: The book I am reading at the moment - Tiger in the Well Jenny 25 Sep 2009
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21: Captain Corelli`s Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres John 1 Oct 2009
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22: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro John 5 Oct 2009
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23: Pompeii by Robert Harris John 7 Oct 2009
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24: Vanishing Act Of Esme Lennox by Maggie O`Farrell John 22 Oct 2009
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25: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett John 31 Oct 2009
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26: Eine Frage der Zeit by Alex Capus Dennis Page 31 Oct 2009
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Your comments about Non fiction
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1: Gardening with Tortoises by P.D.Asby David Bellamy 31 Dec 2008
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2: The Book of Playground Games M.M. 16 Jun 2009
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3: A bit of reading Peter Foster 25 Jun 2009
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4: Toast by Nigel Slater John 24 Jul 2009
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5: Morgan`s Memories Peter R. Foster 6 Oct 2009
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Your comments about poems
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1: Verse translation of a little circular poem by the Russian poet Aleksander Blok Dennis Page 26 Mar 2009
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2: BEST LOVED POEMS OUR BRUCE 18 Jun 2009
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3: Comment on 16-17th Century Poets and Poetry, and Contemporary Poems & Poets Dennis Page 23 Jun 2009
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Your comments about a particular author
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1: My first contact with the reading circle René Thomas 28 Nov 2008
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2: Patrick Gale Hobbes 27 Feb 2009
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3: For Bett Bartlet Jean 1 Oct 2009
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4: Kent Haruf Hobbes 6 Oct 2009
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5: ROBERT RADCLIFFE Lesley 30 Oct 2009
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Features
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1: Bollywood Remembered Mary Mortimer 28 Nov 2008
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2: Dabbling in Dustbins Mary Mortimer 10 Dec 2008
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3: Reflections Gillian Steel 26 Mar 2009
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4: Dates to Remember Dennis Page 30 Jun 2009
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5: The Battle of the Bins and Boxes Mary Mortimer 16 Jul 2009
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6: Farewell ter Phelon `n Moore`s Mary Mortimer 27 Aug 2009
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7: The Pleasures of Reading / Books versus Chocolate Fenella 30 Sep 2009
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8: Going out with a bang Mary Mortimer 15 Oct 2009
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9: Rejection Our Bruce... 30 Oct 2009
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