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What is so comforting is that here is a president who finds himself conducting an international war against terrorism, with great competence, but who still finds the time to while away his Sunday evenings in front of the box, watching football and munching pretzels.<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How the World sees the Great Pretzel Attack of 2002. 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