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...racquets our friends wielded when they took to the court against us. "Hammer system?" I snickered, inspecting Goldberg's Wilson racquet as if it were poultry. "What is this '6.2' nonsense?" I said, mistaking the racquet's flexibility rating for a version number. "Do you get free software updates?" Needless to say, the Goldbergs proceeded to beat us like cheap rugs. New technology--combined with an unseemly willingness on their part to run for the ball--left us in the dust. Team Quittner needed an upgrade...
...Needless to say, Sissel sees her father's manipulative tendencies all over this proposed business scheme, and she emphatically disapproves. But as Joey becomes more and more involved in his work, she draws further away, choosing to take a job at a local sugar factory rather than wait for him at home. Their relationship deteriorates to the point that conversation becomes more painful than meaningless sex, and an inevitably passive confrontation over their situation looms just in the distance...
...Mandela's remarrying would confirm a curious trend among his country's recent rulers: Octogenarian former president P.W. Botha recently remarried, while the country's last white ruler, F.W. De Klerk, 61, plans to marry his new love once his divorce comes through. Needless to add, South Africa was among the first countries to approve Viagra...
...savior: Canada has declared war on U.S. pop culture. And this is no solo quixotic tilt against the Golden Arches -- Ottawa got the culture ministers of Britain, Brazil, Croatia, Iceland, Mexico and Senegal, among others, on board for a conference on strategies to counter the global dominance of Americana. Needless to say, Washington was not invited, although the official explanation is that the U.S. has no culture minister. But there may be a commercial motive behind Canada's noble quest: "It's driven as much by the entertainment industry in those countries as by any genuine fear of being culturally...
...Needless to say, the team was looking for the same sort of accomplishments in the 1998 season. Unfortunately for 13th-year Coach Charlie Butt and his lightweight crew, this spring did not match the success of the previous...