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But East Coker's charms are under attack from a huge housing development that would quadruple the local population.

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Mr Sowerbutts helped found the East Coker Preservation Trust last year, which has retained consultants to fight the council's plans and is now organising meetings, poetry and music festivals – anything which will raise East Coker's profile as a place worth preserving, not in aspic, but as a living, thriving village.

East Coker, TS Eliot's placid village, resists threat of housing invasion 2011

With the government poised to announce measures in the budget this week to kick-start house-building by liberalising planning laws, East Coker's dilemma could be the first of many similar disputes, albeit without the literary edge.

East Coker, TS Eliot's placid village, resists threat of housing invasion 2011

We will soon see, although we should point out that Murkowski's current support -- aided or unaided -- is far higher than what Coker's surveys found for Pritt 18 years ago.

Murkowski's Support Goes Up And Down, According To Yet Another Alaska Poll The Huffington Post News Team 2010

He remains sensitive to the charges of Nimbyism, which one worker from the Westland helicopter factory in Yeovil expressed during a game of skittles at the Helyar Arms, East Coker's 15th-century inn.

East Coker, TS Eliot's placid village, resists threat of housing invasion 2011

East Coker's village store is run by Vicky and Paul Moorhouse, who put on a brave face when asked about their own venture into rural life.

East Coker, TS Eliot's placid village, resists threat of housing invasion 2011

Yet under the district council's 15-year strategy, the land would yield to housing estates that would dwarf East Coker's 1,409 population and connect it to Yeovil, whose motto is: "The heart of the country, the mind of a city".

East Coker, TS Eliot's placid village, resists threat of housing invasion 2011

Computers Bowl on Sunday night, Coker's final game at Miami.

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A season that had the Hurricanes endure the shooting death of defensive lineman Bryan Pata, fallout from the on-field brawl against Florida International and then Coker's firing got an ending worth smiling about.

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He finished his six years with a 60-15 record and one national title, and by the time the team charter lands Monday morning in South Florida, defensive coordinator Randy Shannon will have officially taken over as Coker's replacement.

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