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  • Titled "Enclosure," the painting could suggest a closing off or the gestation of something new, a tunneling inward or progression outward.

    NYT > Home Page By HILARIE M. SHEETS 2011

  • In medieval England this was known as the Enclosure system, where rich Barons enclosed common peasant land and forced the peasants to pay for using it.

    broadstuff Alan Patrick 2010

  • After an hour's pleasant exercise on the flat in the "Enclosure," we jogged contentedly back into the corral.

    The Killer Stewart Edward White 1909

  • There the society commissioned artist Tetsunori Kawana to build his sculpture, "Enclosure," in a bamboo water garden that dominates the atrium.

    Berks county news 2008

  • More on Ascot A Magnificent Obsession A Week at the Races The Royal Enclosure rules no off-the-shoulder dresses, halter necks, spaghetti straps or shoulder straps of less than half an inch; no mini skirts; no midriff baring; and full-length trouser suits only in matching color are blatantly biased in favor of males

    A Flashy, Positively Ghastly Spectacle Tina Gaudoin 2011

  • Certainly his is the name on everyone's lips when the Royal Enclosure is mentioned.

    A Flashy, Positively Ghastly Spectacle Tina Gaudoin 2011

  • Redistribution and regulation have been continuously required (although not necessarily enacted!) since the Enclosure Laws initiated the total market system.

    Tax Cuts for the Rich, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • But the big change came with the £220 million refurbishment of the Ascot grandstand in 2006, when race-goers were allowed to buy their way into the Royal Enclosure.

    A Week at the Races William Lyons 2011

  • Evidently Mr. Yglesias is unfimiliar with the history of the Enclosure acts in England, or with the conditions of life in Indian and Brazilian shantytowns today.

    Matthew Yglesias » A Reform Cabinet for Nigeria 2010

  • The move that you * seem to be* advocating sounds a lot more like the Enclosure Acts — i.e., a contingent power grab by established elites to preempt the possibility of future threats emerging as a result of experimentation and innovation occurring outside of their sphere of control.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The Closing of the Internet Frontier? 2010

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