Judges rarely intervene in this way - and he was giving voice to the public anger that men still remain at large.

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And he says that the Muslim Contact Unit and its partners got results, persuading young men that the answers to their anger lay in politics rather than violence.

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Chirwa blamed the attacks on young men frustrated with the system who were venting their anger on women because they were easy targets.

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Men, whose primary emotional response in times of stress is anger, are known quantities.

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Men could be called unemotional only if we considered the spectrum of anger to unleashed rage as unemotional.

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Dr Williams and Dr Mattingley suspect the reason for this is that being able to spot an angry individual quickly has a survival advantage and, since anger is more likely to turn into lethal violence in men than in women, the ability to spot angry males quickly is particularly valuable.

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If there was anger, however, there was also widespread admiration for the men's courage in daring to defy Olympic protocol.

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The first strokes in anger will be played next Monday with first round action in both the men's and women's singles.

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For men with high levels of distress in childhood - which included being easily frustrated and quick to anger - the increased risk of cardiovascular disease was 17%.

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