A Legend In His Own Minefield

A Legend In His Own Minefield

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A Legend In His Own Minefield
A Legend In His Own Minefield
A Man Who, Beyond the Age of 26, Found Himself On a Bus

A Man Who, Beyond the Age of 26, Found Himself On a Bus

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John Mendelssohn
Feb 01, 2010
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A Legend In His Own Minefield
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A Man Who, Beyond the Age of 26, Found Himself On a Bus
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Noting a few weeks ago that a Brazilian footballer (we’d say: soccer player) who earns £140,000 per week was spotted riding a public bus to one of his team’s fixtures (we’d say: games), the Guardian (we’d say: a prominent UK newspaper) recalled former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s observation that "a man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on …

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