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Their primary obligations consist of three duties: care, loyalty and obedience.
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If you think of Latino voters as left-leaning Catholics, think again.
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A psycholinguist explains what’s really going on when people misspeak.
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Whether crime is up or down depends on what kind of crime, what the comparison is to, and where you’re counting crimes.