However, referees are tough on illegal body contact, which is punishable by a penalty and time in the sin-bin.
Carriers also may be affecting the on-time departure metrics, as passengers seeking bin space for their overstuffed carry-ons cause delays.
On Saturday, Lee Byrne's missed kick to touch was gleefully seized upon by New Zealand, who led just 13-12 at the time and had Daniel Braid in the sin-bin, and ended with Hosea Gear scoring his second try of the match.
The intelligence available at the time was 50-50 at best that bin Laden was even in that compound.
Bath's discipline deserted them in the final stages of the half with Justin Harrison lucky not to see yellow, but Hooper was less fortunate and on the stroke of half-time he was sent to the bin.
Leicester just about kept Miles Benjamin out, and their resilience was rewarded when Flood cut the gap to one point during first-half injury-time despite his side being down to 14 men with Jordan Crane in the sin-bin.
This is where the politics gets interesting - once upon a time governments could simply bin unwelcome recommendations from select committees (or Commissions), but in a hung parliament, and with no government majority in the House of Lords, that may prove not to be an option.
The day of races attracts some of the biggest names in the sport and this year the Dubai World Cup features 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom, two-time Eclipse Award-winning Royal Delta and defending champion Monterosso, owned by Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani of Qatar said a time limit should be set for Mr Annan's mission - which began three months ago.
American tested the idea in seven cities earlier this year and found getting people without overhead bin luggage on early sped up boarding time and improved on-time arrival performance.
During the first sin-bin period Paterson and Parks exchanged penalties and into stoppage-time Paterson added another to cut Glasgow's half-time lead to 14-9, after some heroic defence had kept the home side at bay.
The last time a national-security situation arose this close to an election was 2004, when a videotape of Osama bin Laden surfaced the weekend before the presidential election.
Connacht lost Andrew Farley to the sin-bin for the closing stages, and they had to be on their toes in deepest injury time to prevent debut-making Ireland international Tommy Bowe from scoring a breakaway try.
In fact, Obama and his national security team made every effort -- successfully -- to keep the intelligence about bin Laden a closely held secret for almost a year, from the time they first identified what they believed might be the al Qaeda leader's hideout in the city of Abbottabad, Pakistan, in August 2010 until May 1, 2011, when the raid was launched to kill him.
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