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But because of the Academies Bill's timetable, "we have the spectacle of ministers who have already told us they will accept no amendment, period, and the sight of whips new and old cracking their knuckles off-stage and perfecting basilisk-like stares in the mirror" to prevent MPs voting for any changes, he said.
BBC: MP accuses government of intimidating backbenchers
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On a cold December evening in 1822, inspired by the sight of dozens of snow-covered chimneys sprouting from new dwellings along Broadway in New York's Greenwich Village, Clement C.
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Having been to Manhattan a number of times on business, I figured that either the news was completely fabricated or a sight-seeing plane had strayed into some building near New York.
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