And his blitz of advertising attacks on Mrs Harman they said that, as a congresswoman, she had voted against Mr Clinton's first budget and had (good heavens) occasionally voted with that dreadful right-winger, Newt Gingrich boomeranged straight back at him.

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Blair and Nick De Luca combined to put Houston through on the right again but the winger was stopped in his tracks, with the referee bringing play back for a forward pass.

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England hit back strongly, however, and a neat run and pass by Kelly Smith led to right winger Carney hitting the equaliser.

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The winger gave warning of the threat he posed in the eighth minute, running into space down the right before pulling back for Kranjcar in the box only for the Croatian to put his 15-yard shot wide.

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