Removing beavers entirely from Canada's national symbols would be labour-intensive: a stone beaver sits on top of the entrance to Parliament and appears on Canadian nickels.

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With rare exceptions in Japan and France, one must graduate from the top university to gain entrance to this elevated group.

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Barry Sindall, chief executive of the Grammar School Heads Association, quoted from a 2008 Sutton Trust study which suggested that the social make-up of grammar schools was often more diverse than that of the top 100 comprehensives where entrance is decided on proximity to the school, pushing up house prices and excluding poorer families.

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The renovation project will also involve closing the entrance to the Court at the top of its iconic front steps a change that is said to be a security measure but that several Justices regard as a distressing symbol.

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They made brilliant use of a favorite Beaux Arts theme a processional path from the Fifth Avenue entrance to the climactic experience of the grand reading room at the top.

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From the entrance to the cable car at the foot of the mountain to the slopes at the top, security guards and volunteers checked credentials every step of the way.

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