Word: roughness
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...Spring was a rough time,” Fitzpatrick said, referring to the adjustments of training camp. “A lot of times [Cecchini] came to me with questions...
...Sadr, whose power base lies among the poorest Shi'ite communities, especially in Sadr City. Descended from a line of venerated ayatullahs, two of whom were executed by Saddam's regime, al-Sadr has the one thing the Hakim brothers lacked: street cred. He speaks in the rough argot of the slums, and his sermons, usually given after Friday prayers, are delivered in a take-no-prisoners style that appeals to young Shi'ites...
...rankled by his decision to enter the draft without official permission--has refused to let him test his mettle in America. So instead NBA scouts and agents are focusing on the crop of younger players, ranging from Tang Zhengdong, 19, a bruising 7-footer with an uncharacteristic taste for rough play, to prodigy Chen Jianghua, 14, a 6-ft. 1-in. ball handler whose gravity-defying 360 dunks look like something out of a Jet Li movie...
Last week was a rough one for British Prime Minister Tony Blair. And it wasn't just because protesters wearing Pinocchio noses greeted him when he arrived at the High Court in London to testify before the Hutton Inquiry into the apparent suicide of David Kelly--a government weapons expert and the source for a BBC report in May alleging that Blair's aides knowingly inserted false information into a dossier on Iraq's unconventional weapons. Blair gave a virtuoso performance, saying he would have had to quit if the report had been proved true. Still, a CNN/TIME poll found...
...flaming leftist some say he is. We support him because he did not cynically back President Bush's Iraq-war gambit. Dean speaks out for what he believes; he's willing to tackle difficult problems and try innovative approaches to solving them. He's not perfect, he has his rough edges, and we supporters may not agree with him on some issues. But we believe wholeheartedly that he is the right man to lead this country. TERRY LAKE Hayward, Calif...