As a result, the challenge for Mr. Bush will be not merely to advocate a technically viable and affordable anti-missile system worthy of broad support at home and abroad.

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W. Brands, a prolific author and teacher at the University of Texas, is a different sort of history: a clear, broad summary of events at home and abroad from the end of the second world war to the election of Barack Obama.

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Wickets in consecutive overs from Panesar and Stuart Broad meant that the home team took lunch three down, but at least Codville Rogers put up some resistance, hitting Broad for four boundaries in one over before the interval.

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