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The conflict and hypocrisy was so thick my television itself got embarrassed and tried to pry itself off the wall.

The first test, in Barcelona on 26-30 January, is behind closed doors because the teams wanted to get their heads around their first running of the new engines without the prying eyes of the media.

The banking secrecy laws, now much diluted, were designed to shield an individual's personal finances from the prying eyes of the state.

Via a Middle East investment company, Assets Group, the Qataris are currently building an exclusive, 40-villa luxury resort there, with an upgraded concrete airstrip capable of receiving executive jets, far from prying eyes.

How leading Democrats address these two significant challenges will determine whether they can pry back control of Congress, state legislatures and even the White House.