Yale Law School professor Stephen Carter rightly rails against government hostility toward America's religious communities.

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Maybe Stephen Carter, his new right-hand man at Number 10, will help: Mr Carter is reputedly the man to provide the grip and focus that Mr Brown lost when he gave his erstwhile top aides their own cabinet jobs.

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Earlier, Ali Carter and Stephen Maguire also booked their places in the last 16.

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Rival fly-halves Dan Carter and Stephen Jones kicked two penalties apiece in the opening half.

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Ryan Carter, Stephen Gionta and Dainius Zubrus also scored as New Jersey won its second in a row after a 10-game losing streak (0-6-4).

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Fly-half opposites Stephen Jones and Dan Carter had shared the points with two penalties apiece, but after the break All Blacks star Carter imposed himself on the match.

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Carter converted five tries to finish with 15 points, while replacement Stephen Donald kicked four points.

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Striker Neil Mellor leads a host of players put on the transfer-list along with Eddie Nolan, Stephen Elliott, Neill Collins, Neal Trotman, Michael Hart, Richard Chaplow and Darren Carter.

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But Stephen Hess, a former staffer in the Eisenhower and Nixon administrations and an adviser to presidents Ford and Carter, says that right now, there are no other Kennedys to assume Ted Kennedy's place in American politics.

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