Rooted in Persia as a cavalry war exercise more than two millennia ago, polo is returning to postrevolutionary Iran.

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Even more importantly, the United States must be able in time of war to exercise space control and in peacetime to assure freedom of space.

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The occupation, like the war, turned into an ideological exercise.

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Though this recording is made up of tunes from the time of his military service during the second world war, it is no mere nostalgic exercise, but rather a solo recital of subtle pleasure, humour and quiet profundity.

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Despite this legal outcome, which has been repeated many times over the years in cases brought elsewhere in the country by war tax refusers as well as by those whose conscience impels them in other directions, I still applaud those war resisters who have the stomach for such an exercise.

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Rationing during and after World War II gave rise to the make do and mend ethos that saw many people exercise their ingenuity to feed and clothe themselves.

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