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benevolence

(in the Middle Ages) a forced loan or contribution exacted by English kings from their nobility and subjects
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Ridden by John Egan, Largesse moved into contention on the bridle in the straight, and came right away inside the final furlong to defeat Murghem by five lengths.
Rated 110 on the Flat when trained by John Berry, Largesse was disappointing on his first attempt at hurdling.
But as my exclusive snaps show, the Star Wars heart-throb and French wife Eve look less than enchanted with the workmen's largesse. The pair had long faces as they took daughter Clara for a stroll the other day.
LARGESSE, a smart performer on the Flat, is set to make his hurdling debut for Oliver Sherwood at Kempton on Saturday.
Largesse is fancied to win the Peugeot Doonside Cup (3.25) for the second year in succession at Ayr.
Churlish Charm only started to motor in the final furlong of the Yorkshire Cup, cutting down Largesse and Arctic Owl who had looked to have the race to themselves.
But staying proved his forte as he was switched from an apparently beaten position a furlong out to power past Largesse and Arctic Owl, the favourite in the absence of Silver Patriarch, to win by a neck and half a length.
Nesbitt-type Scots drunk, dispensing largesse and fish suppers to the kids when he comes home from the pub.
TRAINER John Berry, who believes a 5lb hike in the ratings for a recent victory at York fair punishment for Largesse, chases the biggest win of his short training career when the four-year-old tackles today's Letheby & Christopher Old Newton Cup at Haydock, writes Matt Chapman.
It is important this is not seen as some kind of noble largesse however.
PDP said it expected Governor Sanwo-Olu to announce some largesse, including free education as well as slashing of school fees by 60per cent especially in tertiary institutions, even as it noted that till now his campaign promise to give free internet service to the people had yet to be met.
One is amazed at how the chief executive of a poor and indebted nation like ours can dole out such largesse with the public's money?
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