• He said one of the problems was that children were not in school long enough, and called on more head teachers to follow the example of academies and extend the day.

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  • The row erupted after the UK's head of immigration removals David Roberts told MPs on Tuesday he did not "have the faintest idea" of the numbers.

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  • He talked of the eurozone "tearing itself apart" in a crisis that shows little sign of being resolved - because, unlike the UK and US, they have not confronted the solvency problems at the heart of the crisis head-on.

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  • The Labour MP Chris Bryant has an amendment down to remove the section that allows the monarch to approve the marriage of the first six people in the line of succession - and various amendments on questions like appointing a regent as head of the Church of England, if the monarch is not a member, are still on the order paper.

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  • Greater involvement by experts may make for more sensible rules, but it will not turn the system of public administration on its head.

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  • Management experts say the company's strategy of confronting the charges head-on while not wavering from its low-price business model is the most effective formula over the long haul.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • "Clearly there are going to be strings on the money that were not there before, " says Peter Peyser, head of the lobbying firm Blank Rome Government Relations in Washington.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • On the other hand, many Samoans may not be ready for a head of state who is not drawn from the ranks of top chieftains.

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  • Referee Kenny Bayless warned Hatton for holding on the back of the head midway through the round, but Pacquaio was not perturbed, sending home a thunderous left hand that rendered Hatton unconscious before he had hit the floor.

    BBC: Hatton floored by brutal Pacquiao

  • Regarding the refugee question, the head of the Palestinian delegation said there has been considerable progress not only on the question of how to take historic responsibility for the refugee question, but also practical aspects of resolving it.

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  • In the absence of actual independent evidence of who did what in 2003 - the case came down to whether or not the jurors believed Vicky Pryce - a woman who had been able to rely on the former head of MI6 and other top figures as character witnesses.

    BBC: Huhne v Pryce: A fight to the last

  • On most counts Mr Estrada is not the most impressive head of state in the region.

    ECONOMIST: Changing the script in the Philippines

  • Not long ago, a Head of State called on the United Nations to establish an International Year on Youth.

    UN: Secretary-General

  • "The ball was vacillating on the green, not moving but just kind of shaking, and the wind was blowing my putter head when I took it back, " he said.

    WSJ: The PGA at Kiawah: Something in the Wind

  • The Caribbean island is on course to decide, possibly soon, whether or not to ditch the Queen as its head of state.

    BBC: Prince Harry 'charms' on Jamaican tour

  • There's no mistaking the sheer amount of equipment strapped to your head -- not to mention the Lenovo laptop on your back -- but the effort does create an immersive virtualization of the player's body where walking, arm movements and body lean all work more or less as you'd expect.

    ENGADGET: Project Holodeck gets a virtual hands-on ahead of launch (video)

  • As such, seasickness on the choppy waters of the Pacific has been a recurring struggle, but it has not deterred the entrepreneurs from diving head first into the business workshops, one-on-one meetings and pitch events.

    CNN: Entrepreneurs take to the seas for inspiration

  • OK. For you stubborn people that did not click on the link, the dominant feature is the array of head shots of Smith Sullivan people, all of whom are women.

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  • On July 28th the head of the police was sacked for not curbing the rioting.

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  • So, if you like what you're hearing and you're not afraid of a little manual labor, head on over to the source link below to make a pledge.

    ENGADGET

  • Police acted quickly to arrest Mr Strauss-Kahn just hours after the alleged encounter - but they would not have acted in such haste had he not been on a plane bound for France, says Linda Fairstein, the former head of the sex crimes unit in the Manhattan district attorney's office.

    BBC: Strauss-Kahn: What went right and wrong?

  • His spectacles would not stay up on his nose, so he was in the habit of tilting his head higher to see.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'Skybreaker'

  • There, the head of an Orthodox Christian Seminary said secularism could not take on militant Hinduism because the value Indians put on religion could not be ignored.

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  • For customers who may unwittingly end up on police databases, cost is not the issue said the debate organiser Simon Davies, head of the lobby group, Privacy International.

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  • Raven Brooks, head of the liberal Netroots Nation, called on similar groups to not use NationBuilder, accusing it of giving away tools to the opposition.

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  • McKie would not be drawn on who had applied for the head coach role, nor would he reveal the nationality of the half dozen or so who might be interviewed.

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  • In his 12 years as head of the central bank he has not only thwarted foreigners' designs on Italian banks, but also blocked domestic mergers when he thought they would make a bank too powerful.

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  • An issue I have had to deal with head-on is that the Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation does not have clear allowances for reimbursement of job support services for people placed on temporary assignments.

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  • We explained that, on this occasion, we had not come to help her but to climb the mountain at the head of the valley.

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  • In the best traditions of this country we do not turn away from challenge but fact it head on in order to move ahead.

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