There's a funny phrase for this phenomenon in England: it's called being sent to Coventry.
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However, embarkation was postponed, and the HQ was instead sent to Coventry to reorganise the AA defences after the devastating air raid of 14/15 November. Embarkation orders were finally received on 1 February 1941 and the headquarters, including the signal section and RASC company, embarked at Gourock, without Brig Crewdson, who had been injured in an accident.
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In February 1961 Steel announced his marriage to Ekberg was over and that he wanted to move back from Rome to England. "I should never have gone away," he said. "I realise that now. It's a good period to have finished with."What being sent to Coventry meant to Sir Basil Author: Paul Tanfield Date: Saturday, 11 Feb.
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Next to this is the Stalingrad Madonna, a symbol of hope and reconciliation. This is a charcoal drawing made by Kurt Reuber during the time he was trapped inside Stalingrad at Christmas 1942. Copies of this drawing have been sent to Coventry Cathedral and the Russian Orthodox Church in Stalingrad (now Volgograd). The third item of art is an icon of the Virgin Mary from Volgograd.
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Furthermore, there is no support for this derivation in Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1981), the Oxford English Dictionary (1986), or Partridge's Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (1961). An early example of the idiom is from the Club book of the Tarporley Hunt (1765): > Mr. John Barry having sent the Fox Hounds to a different place to what was > ordered was sent to Coventry, but return'd upon giving six bottles of Claret > to the Hunt. By 1811, the meaning of the term was defined in Grose's The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: > To send one to Coventry; a punishment inflicted by officers of the army on > such of their brethren as are testy, or have been guilty of improper > behaviour, not worthy the cognizance of a court martial. The person sent to > Coventry is considered as absent; no one must speak to or answer any > question he asks, except relative to duty, under penalty of being also sent > to the same place.
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The street originally ran from St John the Baptist Church, a Grade I listed building, from where the expression "sent to Coventry" may have originated, out of the city centre to the west, through the area known as Spon End, to the bottom of Hearsall Lane. After the construction of the Inner Ring Road, only the lower part of the street (from St John's Church to the ring road) remained known as Spon Street.
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Gerrald who had recently arrived in the settlement was in the final stages of acute tuberculosis and the Revd Palmer, who was nursing him, refused to leave his charge. Only Margarot might have availed himself of Muir's plan; however he was absent at a farm deep in the hills at Parramatta, and in any case he had been sent to Coventry (i.e. exiled) by his former colleagues because of his part in supporting the mutiny allegations.
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Women were asked for a smaller sum. The fee allowed prisoners to use the snuggery, where water could be boiled and meals cooked, and candles and newspapers obtained.. Prisoners failing to pay were declared defaulters by the prison crier, had their names written up in the kitchen, and were sent to Coventry.; ; Finn 2007, p. 143. After paying garnish, prisoners were given a "chum ticket", which told them which room was theirs and which prisoners they would be chumming with.
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The problem of the captured or surrendered underclass Helot soldiers is dealt with in a fashion that again echoes Heinlein's ideas, this the one of being sent to Coventry. Those who do not accept Sparta's social contract will be given basic tools and sent to a large, uninhabited island to make their own way without government interference. It is suggested that after a few years, the survivors can try to work out a better deal. There remains the problem of preserving civilization, however.
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At a crowded union meeting, the agitator Slackridge accuses Stephen Blackpool of treachery because he will not join the union, and Stephen learns he is to be 'sent to Coventry' - shunned by all his fellow workers. Summoned by Bounderby, he is asked what the men are complaining of; and when Stephen tries to explain, Bounderby accuses Stephen of being a troublemaker and sacks him. Later Louisa and Tom visit Stephen, expressing regret, and Louisa gives him some money. Privately, Tom tells him to wait outside the bank after work.
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Crimes of Loyalty: a History of the UDA. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p.14 Although she had no previous interest in politics, Rogers joined the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) - the largest loyalist paramilitary organisation - because of the prominent role it played within the loyalist community. Roger's early involvement with the UDA caused a number of difficulties for her as she became a target for local republican youths and her daughter was sent to Coventry at a local community centre when she attended Irish dance classes, a pastime usually associated with Catholics.
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"Sent to Coventry" on the historiccoventry website Retrieved: 8 September 2009 In 1662, after the restoration of the monarchy, in revenge for the support Coventry gave to the Parliamentarians during the Civil War, the city walls were demolished on the orders of King Charles II and now only a few short sections and two city gatehouses remain. When his brother, King James II visited the city in 1687, he received a magnificent reception in an outward show of loyalty to the Crown, but within two years most of the same people were celebrating the coming of William of Orange.Fox (1957), p. 18.
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The stories have been well conceived and worked with remarkable skill and taste.”Barry Dock News, 1 February 1901 Welsh Newspapers Online Rollinson and I, the story of a public school boy accused of an offence he did not commit and sent to Coventry, is a full-length novel that explores in greater depth the themes of personal integrity, moral courage and loyalty to friends. The White Knights is not a school story but tells of three boys who elect to live by the values of medieval chivalry. They realise this ideal through acts of service to others.
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Johnson announced his decision to stand down from Parliament in April 1957, saying that he found it too difficult to continue as a solicitor and an MP."Kemptown M.P. Not to Seek Re-election", The Times, 6 April 1957, p. 4. However, behind his decision was the fact that he had ceased to support the Conservative Party (although in all his time in Parliament he never broke the Conservative whip).Philip Norton, "Dissension in the House of Commons 1945–1974" (Macmillan, 1975) shows no dissenting votes. Johnson was increasingly distressed by his clashes with Conservative colleagues over animal rights issues (later claiming to have been "sent to Coventry" by colleagues"'Obstruction' By R.S.P.C.A.", The Times, 30 March 1960, p.
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Workmanship was such a central concept during the handicraft era, that according to Veblen, even key theological questions about God's intentions for humanity were re-framed from "What has God ordained?" to "What has God wrought?". The high value placed on workmanship could sometimes be an oppressive force for certain individuals - for example, one explanation for the origin of the English phrase sent to Coventry is that it was born from the practice where London guild members expelled due to poor workmanship were forced to move to Coventry, which used to be a guild free town. But workmanship was still widely appreciated by the common people themselves. For example, when workers accustomed to practicing high standards of workmanship were first recruited to work on production lines in factories, it would be common for them to walk out, as the new roles were relatively monotonous, giving them little scope to use their skills.
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