We need not flinch from the assertion that the main function of such a school is to produce men with a greater zest for business.

无须讳言，这样一所学校的主要功能就是要培养出更热心于商业的人才。

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If this was the starting gun to a leadership challenge most MPs seemed to flinch with surprise at hearing it.

BBC: Full Story: Brown's leadership challenge