Berlusconi like Napoleon? Then the election will be his Waterloo.


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Berlusconi like Napoleon? Then the election will be his Waterloo.
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The problem of railway safety has by now become a national emergency.
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We respect and defend the right of the Church to address questions of values, but it is very serious...
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Another victim of an absurd war.
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This election will be decided in the final days,
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We put it downtown because we believe in downtown Waterloo. We want people to come to Waterloo.
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The election will be decided in the last few days.
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The election will be decided in the last few days,
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I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.
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We think that it will be legitimate and it will be a free and democratic election.
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I like France, where everybody thinks he's Napoleon--down here everybody thinks he's Christ.
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Waterloo has had our number. We needed to make a stop and we did.
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They should each get information on how their election will be conducted.
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The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
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Suffice it to say that Berlusconi would do best to resign,
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I'm hearing from the Lord that it's going to be like a blow-out election.
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Everyone is a fuckin' Napoleon.
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