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*race card

Cliché the issue of race magnified and injected into a situation which might otherwise be non-racial. (Typically: deal ~; play ~; use ~.) At the last minute, the opposition candidate played the race card and lost the election for himself.

See also: card, race

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Without wishing to advise punters to stick a pin in the race card and hope for the best, selecting the Grand National winner is not the easiest of tasks for anyone let alone the once a year punter Sure people win and often can win tidy sums, but there are forty horses in the race of varying abilities and they have to run 4? Guide to Finding the Grand National Winner by Johnny Feltcher / Travel, recreation and leisure community Byline: Carolyn Davison I FIND it sad that Mr Berman felt he had to use the race card in response to my letter about Cardiff being destroyed (Viewpoints, February 28). Letter: VIEWPOINTS - Unfair to play the race card by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) Wincanton will stage an all hurdle race card on Saturday after being forced to cancel their chases, while on the same day Kempton will stage an extra allweather fixture. THE cold snap continues by The Mirror (London, England)			quite quite a quite a bit quite a change quite a few quite a lot quite a ways quite a while quiver with quiz quiz about quiz on quiz out quo quote quote a price quote from quote unquote quote, unquote rabbit race race against race against the clock race against time race around race card race for race into race through race to race to some place race up to race with rack rack brain rack brains rack out rack up racked with pain radar radiate from raffle off rag rag on rage rage against rage at rage out of control rage over rage through ragged			Race Across America Race Across the Alps race against Race Against Abuse of Children Everywhere Race Against Domestic Violence Race Against Drugs Race Against Impaired Driving race against the clock Race Against Time Race Against Time Race and Disability Equality Scheme Race and Ethnic Studies Institute Race and Ethnocultural Relations Committee Race and Social Justice Initiative race around Race Athlete Performance Network Race Awareness Program Race Breed race car race car Race Car Club of America Race Car Control System Race car driver Race Car Dynamics Race Car Replicas Race Car Vehicle Dynamics race card Race cars Race cloth Race condition Race conditions Race Context Questionnaire Race course Race course Race cup Race Day Energy Zone Race denial Race denial Race denial Race denial Race differences Race differences Race differences Race differences race driver RACE encoding Race Equality Action Group Race Equality Action Team Race Equality Advisory Forum Race Equality and Diversity Service Race Equality Impact Assessment Race Equality Means Quality Race Equality Officer Race Equality Policy Race Equality Scheme Working Group Race Equality West Midlands Race Equality Working Group

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