They were fearful of tackling him.

他们害怕与他打交道。

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It suggests tackling poverty will be a priority for him as the Church's leader, our correspondent added.

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Bath scrum-half Michael Classens was sin-binned for a cynical offence at the breakdown and Banhan followed him five minutes later for tackling Murphy without the ball.

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He said about 25% of his work included "defending my people against more cuts", a task which dragged him away from his work tackling the BSE crisis.

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