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By MARK LEIBOVICH and GRANT BARRETT

WASHINGTON — Politics without buzzwords is like sports without clichés, math without numbers or Blago without bleeps. Tough to imagine, in other words, especially in such a game-changer of a campaign year in which buzzwords were flying like shoes.

Buzzwords are what political wiseguys use to sound all important and knowing in a profession whose prime currency is the illusion of being both. They are like secret passwords for the chattering class, the verbal equivalent of a terrorist fist jab.

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This is the Christmas light-up along Orchard Road in Singapore.

Wishing everyone a joyous Christmas season!

Received this beautiful Christmas Greetings from friends.

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The Final: Alexandra takes to the stage to perform her first single - Hallelujah.

The results for the final voting were:
Alexandra Burke: 58.34%
JLS: 41.66%

Lyrics for Alexandra Burke’s Hallelujah

I heard there was a secret chord
David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don’t really care for music, do ya?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah