This week we've heard all about Jack Straw's personal assault on crime.

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Instead, the evidence instead suggests (to put it mildly) that most of us are running into money difficulties because of the sustained assault on our personal finances since the late 1970s.

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One poet described his poetic vocation as a violent assault: his personal jinni had appeared to him without any warning, thrown him to the ground and forced the verses from his mouth.1 So, when Muhammad heard the curt command "Recite!"

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Google announced, in a blog post, that it would launch an operating system for personal computers, thus opening a direct assault on Microsoft, which has dominated the market for years.

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St Helens showed why they are the most likely challengers to Leeds in Super League this season when Pryce, who has been warned by a judge that he could face imprisonment over assault charges, capped a fine personal performance with a hat-trick try late on to seal a convincing eight try to three victory.

BBC: Wakefield 18-42 St Helens

"The testimony was clear and consistent: Simpson was furious" at a third individual whom Simpson believed had betrayed him by selling his personal items, the court wrote when addressing the assault and robbery convictions.

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Birmingham teacher Maria Hesson described cases where pupils had "threatened teachers with assault and violence", "invaded personal space" and smoked out of the window during lessons.

BBC: Teachers 'too scared to use the red card',

Speaking outside court, after pleading guilty to assault in March last year, Mr Joyce said the fight was a "matter of considerable personal shame" and that the punishment was fair.

BBC: Eric Joyce