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family photo
 n.— «A family photo of EU heads of state and government is usual for any of the union’s special summits. But one had been deemed so difficult for the Lisbon version of the special council in that Austria’s 14 EU partners have been boycotting the country politically.» —“Finally a ‘Family Photo’ of EU Leaders” in Lisbon, Portugal Xinhua News Agency Mar. 23, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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