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Most people perform well in a crisis - when the spotlight is on them; it's on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when no-one is looking, that the spirit falters. - Alan Bennett
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On this day:
Battle of Stirling Bridge - 1297, Sack of Drogheda - 1649, Scotland votes Yes to a Scottish Parliament - 1997, Attacks by Islamisists on New York and Washington - 2001
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