Stocks are like broken-down horse-drawn carriages in this context, the leverage and action of the new markets are significantly more alluring for active traders.

FORBES: In which Downtown Josh Brown solves the volume riddle

They say parties get elected on a manifesto and are expected to implement it, while, under other systems more likely to produce indecisive outcomes, the government is decided after the election by horse-trading and political fixes with manifesto pledges being ditched and promises broken.

BBC: Q&A: Alternative vote referendum

After last year's closure of the last venue for playing Two-Up in Broken Hill amid declining numbers of players, the council now wonders if it backed the wrong horse.

WSJ: Two-Up, A Game Australians Flip Over, Loses Luster When Legalized

British men's gymnastics has broken out in London, earning the team bronze as well as the two medals Sunday in pommel horse.

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