Word: snowdonia
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Terfel likes to say that as a singer "you are in the lap of the gods." He believes they gave him a perfect upbringing, in the shelter of a small North Wales village near Snowdonia. His family are farmers; his first language is Welsh. Not for nothing is Wales called "the land of song." There, singing is not a self-conscious act but a community expression. Eisteddfods, or local song contests, flourish even in hamlets. Young Bryn won a long string of them and used the modest prize money to buy soccer shoes...
...party thus reduced to four M. P.'s, the former Prime Minister looked toward Labor. Friends declared it "inevitable" that he should join the Labor Party's remnant, providing much needed brains. Since Mount Snowdon overlooks his constituency the spunky Welshman cried: "On the heights of Snowdonia the Liberal flag still flies...
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