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The Editor: About The Diplomatic Pouch Christmas and New Year Special 
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	When resurrections feel like rebirths. Let's indulge in an appetizer. 
  
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Larry Peery: The Big Ten dip&Dip Stories of 2017 
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	The biggest stories of the year, from early predictions to more predictions.
  
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Mario Huys: Trump World 
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	A game of Diplomacy played by the current crop of politicians (and their handlers).
  
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Harold Reynolds: Stabbing Bells 
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	Next time you're in Tyrolia, you want to sing that sleighing song.
  
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Harold Reynolds: Hark! the Herald Dipper Cries 
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	"Hark" as in "Pay attention, I'm going to teach you something new here". Even if it's a bad old pun.
  
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Harold Reynolds: Deck the Board 
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	A very uplifting melody which even Harold can't completely reverse, no matter how hard he tries.
  
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Harold Reynolds: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Dipper 
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	Diplomacy is one of those reindeer games that Rudolph is simply bad at. Who would have thought?
  
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Kevin Burt: January First 
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	Cracking open the history books in search of noteworthy events.
  
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Kevin Burt and Mario Huys: On New Year's Resolutions 
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	We're playing matchmaker with one of the world's oldest traditions.
  
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