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...Italians, by contrast, played a strolling game, stroking the ball to one another mostly along the ground, picking out team mates with accurate passing in a slow buildup, like a chess game, that sought to pull one of the opposing defenders out of position in order to create a gap through which a decisive pass could be threaded for a, sudden, lightning fast attack and shot on goal. No speculative long balls into the penalty area in Italy; Italian teams sought to retain possession until such time as a gap was created. The rules of physical contact were different...
...hand, greater efficiency has facilitated more championships by Brazil and previously unthinkable success for such relative outsiders as Greece, South Korea or Senegal. The idea that "there are no longer any easy games" at international level has become a mantra among national team coaches, as the gap between the teams has narrowed. But the more national teams try to play the same way, the more difficult it becomes to distinguish national idioms of the game. And the spectacle is sometimes diminished as a result...
...helm of the nation. I don't think we will ever see the likes of him again. He was a man for the ages. Penny Barwick Orange Park, Florida, U.S. Reagan was not a saint. he traded illegal arms to the contra militia in Nicaragua. He increased the gap between rich and poor in the U.S. He supported an immoral, racist regime in South Africa and shamefully allowed tens of thousands of Americans to suffer from aids while his Administration turned its back on the epidemic. That's the Reagan I remember and will tell my children about. Brian Blank...
...When he announces the poll date, Howard is in for a tight contest - one that will present voters with a choice over character, personal style and experience. In large part, that's because the policy gap is shrinking and the leaders are espousing similar goals; Howard has pinched Labor ideas, while Latham has sprung several 180-degree handbrake turns. Howard, elected in March 1996, will be 65 at the end of the month. The P.M. will campaign on his steadiness and record. In an "over the horizon" speech on July 8, Howard rolled out a predictable fourth-term agenda, with...
...speed trajectory that could send it skimming past Saturn and back out into space. If the ship was going to enter a stable orbit, it would have to fire its little braking rocket for 96 min., until it reached the right speed and position to dart upward through a gap in Saturn's rings and begin circling the giant world. But when it comes to the dense rivers of ice and rubble that form the planet's rings, the word gap is an imprecise term. Even a seemingly clear opening can be swarming with dust and particles. A collision with...