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...What a bowl!” greet the instant replay. When something goes terribly awry, they tilt back their heads and make a disapproving yet dignified “tsk” sound, or place their heads in their hands while groaning or (when things get really rough) raise their arms at an oblique angle and flail their forefingers in frustration...

Author: By V.e. Hyland, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Other World Cup | 3/6/2003 | See Source »

...Stay on paved roads. If at all possible, steer clear of gravel or rough road surfaces; bouncing along uses 30 percent more gas than driving on a smooth surface...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Beat the Gas Pump Blues | 3/5/2003 | See Source »

...thought the first 10 minutes of the game and the last 20 minutes were pretty good,” Harvard coach Scott Anderson said. “It was just the part in the middle there that was rough...

Author: By Evan R. Johnson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ailing M. Lax Falls Behind Early Vs. Bucknell | 3/3/2003 | See Source »

...territory liberated from Saddam Hussein in 1991, against Ansar, a small cadre of homegrown Islamic militants supported, trained and reinforced by Osama bin Laden's organization. And today, as a Bush administration envoy met Iraqi opposition leaders at Erbil, some 150 miles north of Halabja, Ansar played rough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kurdistan: Death in the Afternoon | 2/26/2003 | See Source »

...which a CIA Predator drone fired a missile that vaporized a car carrying a U.S. citizen, alleged terrorist Kamal Derwish. Wise noted that Derwish had not been charged with or convicted of any crime and asked, "Where is the outrage?" Well, the terrorists have had their turn to play rough, and now it's our turn. If we plan to ask politely that each terrorist suspect outside the U.S. submit to questioning, we might as well give all terrorists a free pass to enter the country. Derwish was riding with an al-Qaeda leader; that seems enough justification...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 24, 2003 | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

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