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Mind your language

From bread to Kate Bingham: the evolution of ‘nimble’

20 February 2021

9:00 AM

20 February 2021

9:00 AM

‘I’ll stick to being Brazilian,’ said my husband. It was a family joke. Every time a politician on the radio says resilient, the first to shout out Brazilian wins. I haven’t yet discovered what the prize is, though we have been playing the game since 2014, when I wrote about resilience here.

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