Class prejudice has long had a nasty habit of making us attack the wrong targets.

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Governments are yielding influence to non-governments, by which Peres means not just the conventional non-governmental and multinational organizations, but also global corporations, which, he says, see no borders and carry no baggage of prejudice or class.

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"Aware of that English class thing, Pride and Prejudice begins to read a little differently, " she explained.

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Two first-class stamps will have illustrations from Pride And Prejudice and Sense And Sensibility.

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After class, Sandre tells me why he is passionate about confronting prejudice in the classroom.

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But through a deliberate (and still continuing) psychological experiment, Dr Polgar and his wife created a trio of world-class chess champions out of their own daughters, overturning this prejudice.

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