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He notes that although a detectable tilt is caused when the temperature drops by a few degrees, that tilt is too small to explain the anomalies and, in any case, it would lag roughly 30 minutes behind the shadow (because it takes time for the ground to cool) while the experimental measurements show a change in g instantaneously during an eclipse.
ECONOMIST: Gravitational anomalies
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Mr Lammy, the shadow higher education minister, said Oxford University "needs to show more humility about its woeful admissions figures".
BBC: Oxford University: PM incorrect on black student intake
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Some shadow ministers complain that the minifesto was a golden opportunity to show voters that the Conservative Party was at last thinking creatively about many issues other than Europe, but that Mr Hague squandered this opportunity by over-emphasising once again its hostility to the single currency.
ECONOMIST: Ready to rumble