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...that, but it's a tough call. At Lansdowne Road, Ireland, in '91, they lost in the semis to a Wallabies team ignited by the mercurial David Campese. In Johannesburg in '95, a food-poisoning outbreak wrecked their preparation for the final, which was won by the hosts in extra time. At Twickenham in '99, France lived up to their somewhat spurious reputation for summoning bursts of inspired attack to overwhelm a Blacks team that had been cruising in their semi-final...
...your popcorn ready. Get your popcorn ready with a little extra butter. We have a very talented team. I know that just by talent alone, you don't win games. But we definitely have a group of guys that are ready to bring that sixth Super Bowl trophy to Dallas this year...
USAGE Quick-shippers can be in combat situations in as little as four months. The extra cash, which amounts to more than an entire year's average starting salary for a new recruit, will be paid in installments over the course of a three-year enlistment. The program may be successful thus far, but critics say it shows that the Army is running out of enticements to meet its quotas and that it will have an even harder time making its numbers the next go-around...
...recently beaten Federer, can catch up to his trickiest shots. Canas has ousted Federer twice on hardcourt, the surface on which the U.S. Open is played. "My strength is the way I defend the point," says Canas. "Guys feel a little more uncomfortable if they have to hit an extra ball." Even those barely human guys, like Federer...
...angles on the move - off your drop shot, your lob, your slice - more than him. "So stymie him by boring him to death," says Courier. "Play every single ball to the same corner, over and over. Deny him the pleasures of the sport." Another tedium tactic is to take extra time between points. "He's a rhythmic kind of player," says ex-pro Barry MacKay, a veteran TV commentator. "He likes to have things moving along at a certain pace. It's like a batter stepping out of a batter's box against a great pitcher. You're saying...