First and foremost, it is a substantial victory for middle-class families across the country who would no longer have to worry about a massive tax hike come January 1st.

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So, although the national team is hardly a model of integration with only three black players, it was a world-class victory around which all South Africans could unite in celebrating.

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Cardiff boss Dave Jones was clearly the happier, as new boy Bellamy inspired the Welsh club to a comprehensive victory with a master-class that will leave some Premier League managers wishing the Wales captain had joined them.

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When the Democrats won a victory last month by holding a white working-class district in a special election in western Pennsylvania, their own candidate felt obliged to assure angry voters that he for one would have opposed Obamacare if he had been in Congress at the time.

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Gallen's experience proved to be the difference as the veteran former Queens Park Rangers striker produced two high-class finishes to secure the Hatters' victory.

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The decision represents an influential victory for Frank, who is often derided by class-action attorneys as a gadfly or only interested in raking off part of their fees for himself.

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The Keystone State still primarily comprises rural white, working-class voters, the same ones who propelled Ronald Reagan to victory in 1980 and 1984, and freshman Sen.

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ATHENS, Greece -- British sailor Ben Ainslie won his second successive yachting gold medal with victory in the Finn class at the Athens Olympics regatta.

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Her team will be anxiously studying the opinion polls over the next few days, to see what effect - if any - the Mark Penn controversy has had on those working class voters, on whom she is depending for victory.

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