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BattleRow

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15. I agree with your point of view..

Reply to Martin Eden (Reply #14)

Thu May 14, 2026, 12:07 AM

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but the affair ,to me,illustrated another facet of the ruthlessness of ambition in the media ...and by its ilk.
The third film included in my holy trinity of cinema is Seven Days in May..what a movie!!
Coup d'etat,anyone?

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