Gove's failure was not, the Tory logic reasoned, a rising attainment gap between poor students and their better-off peers; soaring numbers of unqualified teachers; radical agendas infiltrating state schooling in Birmingham; a string of failing free schools; or breaking a manifesto pledge by allowing large infant class sizes to rise by a staggering 200%.
One in a string of glitz-free beach clubs along the south shore of Long Island, around an hour's drive from Manhattan, it is a day-tripper's Eden.
SAN FRANCISCO — Over the span of six quarters, played over two nights, in two time zones, Danilo Gallinari unleashed a small arsenal of offensive artistry: swift drives, clever fakes, fadeaways, dunks, layups, 3-pointers and a steady string of free throws.
Mr. Rushdie's cancellation was the latest in a string of setbacks for free speech in India.
Nobody should question Turkey's democratic credentials: his Justice and Development (AK) party has won a string of fair and free elections, including last August's presidential poll.
After a few misses, Mr. Obama seemed headed for another public athletic calamity, adding to a litany that includes a string of botched basketball free throws on the White House court last month, a horrifically ugly first pitch at a Washington Nationals game in 2010 and a display of bowling incompetence in Pennsylvania during the 2008 Democratic primaries.
Each of these artists followed a similar path to arrive at this point: release a string of mixtapes, the free albums that were once native to street corners but are now the preserve of the Internet, and augment them with an active social-media presence, from Twitter to video blogging.
Junior Stanislas became the third Burnley player to test Marshall as half-time approached, while a string of corners and free kicks also troubled the home defence.
Alongside the results was a string of ads for free trials of the supplement, including one that shows a picture of "Cindy," a reporter for "USA Health News" who raves about a product called Acai Advanced.
It detected such a link in Africa (though there have been arguments about its methods, and a string of relatively conflict-free years after the period examined weakens the effect).
