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Ivan [Demidov, the runner-up] was one of the toughest players. He played a very good final table as well; he's a really tough player. There are a lot of tough guys. Later on in the tournament, there were so many really solid players, and very few bad players...
...Four Nations Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y. Stone coached Team USA to a gold medal after beating Vaillancourt and Team Canada, 3-2, in the championship game.“It was very exciting,” Stone said. “I enjoyed it but it was a tough time to be away this early in [Harvard’s] season.”—Staff writer Loren Amor can be reached at lamor@fas.harvard.edu...
...fact, the individuals who impress me the most are the ones who play, and play tough even though their roles and efforts do not always translate onto boxscores. I’m talking about the players that aren’t Harvard household names but still play like ones (see Rule No. 76 from Wedding Crashers: No excuses, play like a champion...
...dance, the musical is rooted in a time and place that have little resonance for Americans: the coal miners' strike of 1984-85, provoked by the Conservative Thatcher government's efforts to dismantle the country's nationalized coal industry. For an American theatergoer in London, the accents are tough, the palette dark and the inspirational story grounded in a glum, and very English, working-class setting...
...calm response to Russia's missile gambit a success? Obama's aides present it as a sober counterpoint to McCain's tough talk during the campaign. "What was overlooked in [Medvedev's] speech was a part about working cooperatively on issues of common concern," says the aide. "So the transition [team] seized upon that issue up front." Such tactics, however, have not pleased some on the hawkish right who fear that Obama is appeasing the Russians. Daniel Henninger of the Wall Street Journal editorial board called on Obama to say "publicly and explicitly [that he] will not be intimidated...