Is it the realization that people recently psychoanalyzed tend to be dreadful bores which makes the U. S. … - Sylvia Townsend Warner

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A two-speed Europe will not be a strong Europe. The idea of making decisions and policies in a narrow circle, disregarding smaller EU members, will make it hard to engage them to commit to a common policy, which will weaken the union.

Sylvia Townsend Warner

Is it the realization that people recently psychoanalyzed tend to be dreadful bores which makes the U. S. A. army reject them for the draft?

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