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<p class=MsoPlainText><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Just had a lovely review in the Wire that
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<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Susanna Glaser | THE WIRE 291 May 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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floats on the rising tide. Meanwhile, in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region>,
RF treats us to an emotional walk to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kyoto</st1:place></st1:City>’s
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