Turn-outs in local elections, which even in good years were never much more than half the turn-out at general-election time, have fallen to as low as 22% of the electorate since 1997.
Blackwell's 54-ball half-century threatened to turn the tide but the visitors remained favourites when Hoggard had the left-hander caught behind for 64, prodding at a good length ball.
The 22-year-old made it safe in first-half injury-time when he did well to turn on the edge of the penalty area and slide a low shot past the despairing dive of goalkeeper Zeng Cheng.
But Danny Collins and Anthony Stokes failed to find the target with flashing first-half headers and Kenwyne Jones could not turn in a left-wing cross.
However, aside from a Cole snap-shot on the turn on the stroke of half-time, Ancelotti's men looked blunt going forward and were a shadow of the side that had plundered 14 goals in their three preious matches.
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Yet despite being on the front foot - Jonathan Davies and Andy Fenby in particular making pleasing half-breaks in the backline - the Scarlets were unable to turn their dominance into points.
Louisville became just the fourth school to repeat as champions, beating Syracuse 78-61 on Saturday night in an incredible game that saw the fourth-ranked and second-seeded Cardinals turn a 16-point, second-half deficit into an 18-point lead.
But Aussie scrum-half Orford was the star turn, setting up the Bulls' first two tries, with a smart reverse pass to the surging Scuton before the neat kick which veteran Steve Menzies brilliantly claimed before cleverly sending Sheriffe over.
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Pernis produced a fine stop of his own to turn a Keith Lasley half-volley from the edge of the penalty box over the crossbar.
But Stoke improved as the half wore on and went close when Robert Huth's free kick found its way through to Ryan Shawcross and the centre-half's shot on the turn was blocked by two Wigan defenders.
The introduction of Lions scrum-half Blair for Greig Laidlaw seemed to turn the game in Edinburgh's favour.
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Hearts had rarely been seen as an attacking force until the stroke of half-time, when a shot on the turn by Elliot went through goalkeeper Artur Boruc's legs but was cleared off the line by Caldwell.
Rooney, who played with great conviction, collected a Darren Fletcher through ball just after the half-hour mark and shot across goal on the turn - his effort missing by inches.
Leicester were forced to turn to third-choice scrum-half, Frank Murphy, against Gloucester on Saturday, but the Tigers may have Scott Bemand back from injury in time to face Wasps.
So Hodgson will have been especially disappointed to see them concede again, from another corner, in first-half injury time after Schwarzer had done brilliantly to turn away Fabio Grosso's shot.
Boruc had to move sharply to turn around a Jose Goncalves header as half-time approached then Caldwell was called into action to prevent an Andrew Driver shot from crossing the line after the Polish keeper had palmed the ball goal-bound.
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The United States had assisted in its birth only to turn the Philippines back into a colony for another half-century.
But imagine any complex organisation where the leadership had to switch every six months, and it was only your turn once every twelve-and-a-half years.
Jordan sold his half-court, backdoor-cut style Princeton offense as the way to turn Philadelphia into a contender, but the style never meshed with the talent on the roster.
The turn-around against Canada sparked by the second-half arrival of Jones and Gareth Thomas seems likely to earn both starting spots against Australia in the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.
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In turn, rather more than half of that was awarded in six-hectare lots to subsistence farmers from the semi-arido.
Ireland coach Declan Kidney has decided to turn once again to Sexton, who was his fly-half at the start of the championship.
Munster suffered a blow when Warwick was caught in the face by a stray leg and with no Ronan O'Gara on the bench had to turn to Conan Doyle, an elementary replacement at fly-half.
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Dwayne Peel made a break from the half-way line and was well supported by Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, who in turn produced a superbly-timed one handed offload to Doherty, who was charging up the left wing to score in the corner.
After reaching his half-century, he hit three further boundaries off Krejza, who was beginning to get turn and bounce without the results he merited.
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