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...father, a soccer player too, had always told me, "Prepare for the future." But soccer was my life. My father also said, "Stop playing at the top of your career." I didn't get it. Why I should stop when I'm at my best? "They will never forget that great player," he said. "If you stop when you are playing poorly, people will remember that bad player." That's why I retired--for the first time--in 1974 after winning the 1970 World Cup for the third time with Brazil. I was 34 years...
...with no locutions less stiff than “I miss you’’ and “you were our greatest living writer.’’ One wonders whether literary celebritydom and the inherent respectability of her subject matter have made her forget her responsibility to spice her writing stylistically to match its substance. And it’s too bad that she, who so steadfastly has stuck to writing about things a discerning reader will care about, seems to feel restrained in other regards as well...
...forget - these markets weren't convinced of this recovery's inevitability before the towers fell. What, exactly, is supposed to guarantee it now - extended unemployment insurance and another $300 rebate check? That's not the stuff of a prompt and glorious boom - that's bread and water...
...next three seasons, Michael Jordan was in style as if he had never left. Who will soon forget the many memorable moments—his insistence on wearing No. 23 even after being fined, dropping 55 points on the Knicks, and of course, fighting off the flu to lead the Bulls to yet another championship...
...forget - quick-fix airline bailouts and tax cuts are one thing, but the economic trends in the wings (if Sept. 11 turns out to be a one-time attack) aren?t the stuff that booms are made of. The defense, security, and intelligence industries add little to the productivity of the economy - the multipliers just aren?t there when you build something just to drop it on Afghanistan or keep steak knives out of carry-on luggage. They?ll be valuable inasmuch as they make people feel safer, get them traveling and spending again, but they?re investments with very...