The corset was struck a further death blow in 1917, when the US War Industries Board asked women to forgo their steel-boned trussing to aid the war effort. The extra 28,000 tons of metal yielded by this sacrifice was sufficient to build two battleships. Thus, it became a woman's patriotic duty to sport a brassiere - although by the 1920s, many of them were little more than flattening strips designed to give the boyish silhouette of the time. The popular Symington Side Lacer could be pulled tight to squish unruly bosoms.

Roy Hodgson was willing for history not to repeat itself 40 years on from England being denied qualification for the 1974 World Cup after a 1-1 draw with Poland at Wembley.

Here's Cardus on top form, writing about Franz Schubert: "We can think of him as one who strayed when very young into Mozart's groomed garden and picked a bloom or two, then went along the slopes of the height tossed up by Beethoven's earthquake, and near the summit found wildflowers in plenty. It is a wonder he was not arrested by the custodians of Mount Parnassus for loitering without visible means of support ? in other words, without counterpoint. He was unmistakably the world's first vagrant composer."

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TechSolutions is working on the new system with a company called Energy Focus, which already has a track record in developing . LEDs are also starting to make their way into airports and other large facilities as . Though they are still a bit pricey the economics are starting to work out for , too. As for all those leaders in Congress who are outraged over the loss of their old light bulbs, I think I'd rather take the Navy's lead on this one - or is showing a little support for our troops just a little too much to ask?