In August 1950 the Council rejected its Russian president’s proposal that a Peking representative should be invited under Article 32. This would have implied recognition of communist China as a state; and the Council, by a slim majority, was committed to the view that China was still legally represented by the government that had fled to Taipeh in 1949.

But efforts like Woods' are up against powerful headwinds — and not just because of the powerful gun lobby that often strangles gun-control laws.

Much effing and blinding could be heard from the fans when they discovered that their team had lost.

Yeah, I getcha, smarty pants.