In return they receive a document of "sheepskin parchment", a book entitled Rules for the Conduct of Life and the title Citizen of London.

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The unwieldy vitality, the stylistic sprawl, the lack of canonical rules are a fact of life for artists, curators and critics.

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Under International Rugby Board rules Montgomery could have been banned for life.

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And what are the rules and guidelines for achieving meaning and success in life and work?

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Meanwhile, although the rules under consideration may make life much more complicated and costly for many U.S. investment banks, bank stock prices are heading happily upward, on news from Europe promising resolution of the knotty fiscal and monetary issues there.

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