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...brilliant in midfield, and efficient enough elsewhere to stand a real chance of reaching the final four. As for the Eastern Europeans: Croatia's too old; Slovenia's too young; Poland's come on too fast; and Russia's too hard to figure. Meanwhile, Asian fans can expect a rough?and most likely short?ride for Japan, South Korea and China, which is appearing in the World Cup finals for the first time...
...whole show is the maestro, Zidane, fresh from his victory with Real Madrid in the final of the Champions League. One danger: opposing teams may resort to the hatchet to shred French rhythm, if not limbs. "It's becoming clear that this is the kind of physical, even rough treatment the French team is going to have to expect," lamented Desailly, following a brutal "friendly" game against Australia last November. "What are you going to do?most teams don't have the technical abilities we do and contact is one way they cut our advantage." They'll have to hope...
...ambition to bring entertainment and perhaps enlightenment to black audiences was laudable. Yet the poverty of means and technique, of skill and experience, gave these movies a rough quality. Often they had no quality at all. Indeed, for many modern viewers, the lure of race-cast movies is their incompetence. So many are finalists for those Golden Turkey Awards...
...most audacious plan of all was the attempt to assassinate Kim Il Sung. The men chosen for the mission were a rough bunch, including a few death-row inmates, according to former camp guards. The identities of the members of this Korean version of The Dirty Dozen were erased when they signed up, leaving their families with no idea what had happened to them. They were sent to the tiny, deserted island of Shilmi off the coast west of Seoul in 1968. One of the first things the men did upon arrival was to dig up a Chinese grave, grind...
...happy for him,” senior leftfielder Javy Lopez said. “His last couple outings have been rough. Today we really, really needed him. He was just...