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There was a time, dear Netas, when you took wit in your stride, writes . Why do political parties, flush with victory, always look for constant validation of their power?

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It got its name, according to Richard Huelsenbeck, a German artist living in Zurich, when he and Ball came upon the word in a French-German dictionary ... of modern art). Cartoon parodies of ...

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