He was already between secondary school and university, and was too old for caning.

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Seven successive wins in qualifiers followed, including 9-0 drubbings of Austria and San Marino as well as the Cyprus caning.

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The British parliament has overwhelmingly agreed to outlaw caning in all schools.

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He insisted he saw no reason to keep caning legal in schools.

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At its core, The Caning was about the debate over slavery or more specifically, the extremists on each side of the slavery issue.

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But BT says its own-brand broadband from its retail division is also caning the opposition, winning 64% of new connections in the last quarter.

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"The truth is, the caning makes the chair, " he said.

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Muslims caught drinking or philandering face fines or even caning.

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The southeast Asian city-state of five million people is perhaps best known for banning the sale of chewing gum or caning vandals, including American Michael Fay in 1994 for spray-painting cars.

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