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The Guardian p. 4 5.5.2007
Whereas
The results follow a study by the National Foundation for Educational Research, which showed that, whereas comprehensive schools improved their pupils' expected performance between 14 and 16, grammar schools "performed slightly worse" than expected. Grammars lag behind in new school tables, IoS, 4.1.2004, http://education.independent.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=477917
Although
Although the idea that social deprivation might influence health had been around for more than a century, publication in 1980 of Inequalities in Health (the « Black Report ») was a turning point. Sir Douglas Black :
Although he has received scant news of the outside world over the last three years, Anvar knew that Muslims in Britain were having problems in the aftermath of 11 September. My brother, the Taliban fighter from Burnley, GE/I, Friday Review pullout, I, p. 7, 22-3-2002.
Although the new money still leaves the US at the bottom of the league table generosity, UN officials said it marked a major shift after decades of declining budgets. Bush offers aid incentive to the poor, GE, p. 7, 23-3-2002 [début de §].
Though
The draughtsman uses an optical device constructed as a frame. Recent publications by David Hockney have suggested that artists after and during the Renaissance resorted to all sorts of optical equipment in order to improve the artificiality of their medium. The notion of the frame as a filmic device, and also as a drawing device, is related very significantly to the notion of a frame-up. Though we imagine the draughtsman rules the roost and governs the action, he's in fact slowly, scene by scene, being framed. So the notion of the subject matter of the film - to frame somebody, that is, to put them up as a victim of a conspiracy of some description - is also relative to the way the film itself is very self-consciously framed.The form and the content should ideally be brought closely together. Murder he drew: The Draughtsman's Contract, about killings in a country house, is famous for being utterly baffling. It's perfectly simple, says director Peter Greenaway. It's all about the colour green - and wigs, G/G2, p. 8, 1.8.2003.
Though Mars has long intrigued humans, especially those who dream of extraterrestrial life, it has repeatedly humbled anyone rich and venturesome enough to send metallic proxies across millions of miles of space to try to learn its secrets. (...) The lander, though small (about a yard wide when folded for travel through space), is loaded with sensors, cameras, test chambers, a microscope, a rock grinder and a sampling arm that in theory can dig down five feet into the Martian soil. Three Spaceships Heading on Journeys to Mars, NYT/Le Monde, p. 6, 8/9.6.2003. Première occurrence : début de l'article.
Mr Arafat warned the Palestinian "forces" -fighters belonging mainly to his Fatah faction and to the Islamist Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements- not to give "pretexts" that would aid Mr Sharon's designs. They heeded his counsel, partially. Though they agreed to end attacks on civilians in Israel and firing on Jewish settlements from Palestinian-controlled areas, they did not agree to end armed actions in defence of Palestinians towns and villages still under occupation. The beginning of the end of the Palestinian uprising?, E, p. 49, 29.9.2001.
All we see is the pain Szpilman feels as he hides in an apartment where he must stay perfectly silent - even though there is a piano in the room. His desire, his need, to play is etched on Brody's face. Later, though starving and emaciated, he plays at last. Visions of Hell, GE2/Review, p. IV, 10.1.2003.
She was a popular actress in both silent films and talkies, though she never attained the heights of such stars as Mary Pickford or Clara Bow. Mary Brian: Popular actress typecast as the 'Perpetual Ingénue', I, p. 14, 7.1.2003.
Unfortunately, though, the aura that draws all eyes to her, as she clinks her teacup back on to the saucer in a swanky hotel, is absent from her music. ‘I worry about how these girls are sexualised at such a young age’, GE/G2, p. IV, 29-3-2002.
His own home is guarded by electronic gates. An old house, it is decorated in a modern style with wooden laminate floors and iron-framed glass-topped dining table. The back garden, though, is the real gem. Plumber gets his fingers burnt, GE, p. 16, 23-3-2002.
Victim of a male-created sex industry though she was, Lovelace co-operated in the imposture of being a sexually liberated woman, to a public willing, for the time, to be gullible. Linda Lovelace obituary, T, p. 33, 24-4-2002.
Fine goal though it was, Ljunberg’s strike in the Cup final was not stamped with his traditional hallmark. Stamp of the Swede, T, Sport pullout, p. 1, 6-5-2002.
Though her office was yesterday insisting that Lady Thatcher was « desperate » to fulfil her public commitments – including promoting her new bokk, Statecraft – and would consider whether she could attend signings and literary festivals as planned, aides said she would do « exactly what the doctor orders ». The lady is not for talking : Ill health forces Thatcher out of public life, GE, p. 1, 23-3-2002 [début de §].
Though workers managed to restore some electricity lines yesterday, during the half-hour time-out in Mr Arafat’s quarantine, the lights died down four times. Hungry, thirsty, but Arafat taunts Israel from remains of his empire, GE, p. 3, 1-4-2002 [début de §].
Albeit
Both pretenders have claimed the scalp of Rooster Booster this season, albeit in muddling events which did not bring out the best in the champion. Falcon out to rule the roost in Kingwell, G, p. 22, 17.2.2004.
He lost by 314 to 33 votes – albeit with a telling 27 further abstentions. Rebel MPs plot Blair challenge, GE, p. 1, 23-3-2002.
SNCF confirmed unequivocally to me as well that this train did run, albeit slightly late. On the trail of a French ghost train, O, Cash pullout, p. 9, 28-4-2002.
Whilst
"I think he's [Blair] got to consider his position. If I was in his position, I would certainly do it. "Whilst I cannot turn back the clock, I think there would have been a very different debate at that time if we had known about the state of the intelligence. I would not have voted for war if I was confident that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction. "I don't think the prime minister's integrity should be called into question, but Tony Blair has made mistakes and it is a serious matter because it undermined the credibility of the government." The loyal, the let-down, the critical and the regretful : Labour MPs apply their benchmark to the Butler findings and the prime minister's position, G, 15.7.2004, http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/comment/0,12956,1261740,00.html
At least 10 people in Viet Nam have been arrested and some sentenced to long prison terms for using the Internet whilst criticising the government or sharing information with overseas Vietnamese groups. Viet Nam: Help free Le Chi Quang, imprisoned for internet use, Amnesty International web frontpage, 9.12.2003, http://web.amnesty.org/pages/vnm-261103-action-eng
The stock market. Whilst it has tended to offer better returns over the long term than traditional savings acccounts, we all know markets can fall as well as rise. Play FTSE and keep your socks on, NS&I ad, TI, p. 7, 7-3-2002.
As a member of the Territorial Army Medical Services you’ll get the opportunity to learn new skills at the Centre For Defence Medicine whilst enjoying some high-energy activities. TA ad, DM, p. 51, 14-3-2002.
While
While not exactly one-hit wonders, Cutting Crew never recaptured the heights of this first success and split up after three studio albums. Kevin MacMichael: Guitarist with Cutting Crew, I, p. 14, 7.1.2003.
Lauching our celebration of 40 years of Bond, Shawn Levy reveals 007’s slickest trick of all : changing with the times while remaining exactly the same. Oh, James…, GE2, p. II, 13.9.2002.
Since 1995, the number of vehicles on our roads has grown by 15 per cent while the population has risen by just three per cent. Carnival spirit rules the day, M, p. 4, 2-5-2002.
While there has been a significant increase in the casting of black actors, backstage and office areas of theatres remain almost wholly white. Is British drama racist ?, GE/G2, p. 9, 17-04-2002.
Last night, the Home Office said that while some powers introduced under anti-terror and other laws infringed privacy, safeguards were in place to ensure the correct balance between civil liberties and security. UK singled out for criticism over protection of privacy, GE, p. 2, 5.9.2002.
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