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   >What a strange expression -- "their bid has been beaten into submission". By   
   >the scientists themselves? I would understand the phrase like "The robbers   
   beat   
   >their victim into submission", but this one...   
      
   It is the kind of wording I might expect from a tabloid, but I am surprised   
   to see it coming from the BBC.   
      
   Mike   
      
      
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