That is a tactic that the Tories tried in the original beef war.

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The proposal on ending the beef war was formally backed by 650 votes to 11 at the daily voting session on 14 March 2012.

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They may be particularly wary of setting precedents that they may later regret: the beef war is widely seen as a forerunner for a larger battle about genetically modified crops.

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Keen to smooth tensions over the euro zone crisis when Hollande and Merkel met this month to mark 50 years of Franco-German reconciliation, French chefs chose to reproduce the famous meal of filet of beef and raspberry macaroons prepared in 1962 for post-war leaders Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer when they signed their friendship treaty.

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Maybe a tacit deal is possible: if the Rajapaksas show proper reconciliation efforts and beef up democracy, outsiders may talk less about the horrors at the end of the war.

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Beef Or Salmon first won the three-mile feature race in 2004 by beating Kicking King and then defeated War of Attrition last year for a second victory.

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