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and several cabinet ministers. The ministers carried furniture into the house, including Savage carrying a rather cumbersome dining table. Savage carrying the table became "the defining symbol of the
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visited the house, which at the time was occupied by John and Winnie Nysse and their three children. The market rents imposed on state housing by the
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