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Could the real motive behind banning the sport, then, be spite, a way of getting at those toffs on horseback, a last gasp of the class war? (And even this sentiment is misplaced, since half the hunt might be shopkeepers and small farmers). Lecocq believes so, and says that a ban will convince many Europeans that "British society still hasn't overcome the class struggle from the 19th century." He argues, too, that the whole hunting debate in Britain is linked to the "increasing polarization between an intolerant, even aggressive urban society and a traditional rural society less skilled...
...Black Bears have had a sore spot this season, this could be it. In spite of Metcalf’s outstanding offensive contributions, it seems that Maine might be vulnerable in its own end to some extent...
...year military occupation of a civilian population. Since Israel’s conquest of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in 1967, these territories have been under military occupation, governed by the Fourth Geneva Convention. That remains the legal status of these territories to this day. In spite of the transfer of partial control to the Palestinian Authority in the framework of the Oslo Accords, Israel remains the occupying power and as such controls many facets of daily life for the entire Palestinian population...
...defunct Prost team for a reported $3.5 million, that its entry was invalid because the group had not bought the "right to compete." The cost for Phoenix to qualify in time for the next Formula One season? $48 million. No such participatory problems for Mike Tyson. In spite of the boxer's troubled past, authorities in Washington, D.C. voted to give Tyson a license to fight world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis on June 8. An April bout between the two had been called off after Tyson, apparently keen to fight anytime, anywhere, brawled with Lewis and his bodyguards...
Freshman Reka Cserny played with poise, scoring a team-best 16 points in spite her rookie status, but two early fouls sent her off the court for five minutes and the Crimson into deficit...