The fault belongs less to him than to his party, whose views on education (and much else) remain opaque as it conducts a comprehensive policy review initiated by its leader, Ed Miliband, who himself has sounded unclear on the issue.

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The researchers found that women mated to the less sexually attractive men were significantly more likely to find fault with their partners and, again, feel less close to their partners during the high-fertility period than the low-fertility period.

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Although on the same fault line, this earthquake was much less powerful than the previous one.

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New Zealand has a national, no-fault insurance scheme, and as a result, far less anxiety about malpractice litigation.

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Lots of senators, more or less across the political spectrum, are at fault.

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That sounds less like a problem with build quality and more like a design fault.

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With less room for error, 2012 could be more problematic for emerging markets than 2008, not through any fault of their own.

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