It might be useful to be able to predict war. But tension does not nec…

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It might be useful to be able to predict war. But tension does not necessarily lead to war, but often to peace and to denouement. ✨ The new sage of Wall Street by Edward Helmore, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2008.
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