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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Certainly his is the name on everyone's lips when the Royal Enclosure is mentioned.
A Flashy, Positively Ghastly Spectacle Tina Gaudoin 2011
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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
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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
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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.
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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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