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If Carse is going fulfil Stokes' prophecy that he will "play for England for a long time", he has to go against recent history.

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Hundreds of civil servants have signed letters expressing their disapproval of the government's decision to put negotiations with the EU on hold, saying it went against the national interests of Georgia.

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It added hoteliers were being are forced to comply with "confusing and disproportionate regulations" that go against other European directives related to data protection and payment systems.

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Ana, a student, said Georgian Dream was "going against Georgian people's will and want to drag us back to USSR"

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Quddoos, who was appointed to the civic title of Sheriff at the time, had been the only councillor to go against party orders to approve the budget.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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