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Meaningful negotiations will only occur when Russia recognizes that its maximalist territorial and political demands are unattainable through military means, requiring sustained pressure rather than premature concessions.

Mahaffy, who starred in the exuberant revival of “A Man of No Importance” at A Noise Within last season, is more insistently peckish — hungry rather than hangry.

Yet, like DOGE, he appears to have embraced the appearance of efficiency rather than efficiency itself.

To what extent are there people working solely to help Norris or Piastri win, rather than just to maximise McLaren's points?

Ms Lee said she would have been less sad if her children had died rather than her husband, the prosecution told the court.