In many ways it was a bit like the schoolyard selection process.

BBC: Justin Langer column

The Ospreys nine looked every bit worthy of his Lions selection as he took a quick tap and jinked through the Edinburgh forwards before loping away.

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So many people in the Bundesbank view next year's selection business as a bit of a farce.

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The heart of the matter is that the advertising has lost some of its exuberance because the advertising agency selection practices are a bit archaic.

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"I certainly took a bit of a chance with the team selection to have a look at people, " said the coach.

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It is not the least bit surprising that academic economists would be pleased at the selection of an academic economic team.

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Rashid enhanced his claims for England selection across the other formats with a lovely bit of slow bowling that saw South Africa's in-form AB de Villiers caught at slip.

BBC: South Africa crush sorry England

He said Thursday's referendum was a rare opportunity to "modernise our democracy - move with the times" and repeated his argument that switching to AV would make voting system "a bit fairer" and make politicians work harder for a broader selection of votes.

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It gave rise to a new lexicon: swinging chad, hanging chad, tri-chad, pregnant chad and dimpled chad--a "chad" being the bit of paper that did not fully detach when the voter punched a selection.

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