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In a 1996 book on this activity, Mike Marqusee (“MAR-kuh-see”) wrote disparagingly of Wills Navy Cuts (10[1])ads he saw while touring South Asia. The author of one book credits Vanity Fair and this activity with instilling Puritan values in a chapter titled for an “old school-tie.” Tony Greig’s (“grayg’s”) infamous (10[1])utterance of the word “grovel” (10[1])is recounted in a documentary on this activity, Fire in Babylon. (10[1])A memoir titled (-5[1])[this activity] and I was co-written with an organizer of the Bristol Bus Boycott named Learie (10[1])Constantine. W. G. (10[1])Grace is praised (10[1])as a “representative of the pre-Victorian Age” (10[1])in a 1963 book on this activity, which (10[1])puns (10[1])on a Rudyard Kipling quote by asking “What do they know of [this activity] who only [this activity] know?” For 10 points, C. L. R. James’s memoir (10[1])Beyond the Boundary (10[2])discusses (10[1])what sport (10[1]-5[1])dominated (10[1])by (10[1])the West Indies (10[1])in the (10[2])1980s? (10[2])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: cricket (Mike Marqusee’s book is titled War Minus the Shooting.)
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