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The Sad Tale of Gordon Brown, Starting With  the First Debate

The man doesn't smile.

May 13, 2010

The Labour leader Gordon Brown Has got a frown of great renown. He makes a strangely mirthless clown. That combination brought him down.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”

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