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1. Antiquarian pedants may pretend that it has foreign origins pommes frites la mode and gefilte fish.
2. Pedants and curmudgeons alike insisted Crouch had not scored a true hat–trick, though if you ask the Germans neither did Geoff Hurst.
3. On the other hand, all roads to conversion are blocked by pedants and purists, who succumb to ultra–Orthodox rabbis on all issues.
4. Those who dare to inspect the actions of elected officials sin against democracy – against the separation of powers – the pedants will say.
5. The CV Name÷ Tessa Blackstone Age÷ 64 Job÷ Vice–chancellor, Greenwich University Before that÷ Lecturer, London School of Economics; professor, University of London Institute of Education; adviser, Cabinet Office; master, Birkbeck College; life peer (of Stoke Newington); education minister, 1''7–2000; arts minister, 2001–03 Likes÷ architecture, opera, ballet, a good laugh Dislikes÷ pedants, loud music in restaurants Divorced÷ With two children and four grandchildren