Word: trappings
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...Bibi Sets a Trap for Sharon...
...Trap, as he is known, should shut it. His team didn't have the host nation's burning hunger to win. And, in his post-game harangue, the coach conveniently forgot to criticize his captain, Francesco Totti, for getting sent off for faking a foul in the Korean penalty area, and to fault his striker, Christian Vieri, for missing a couple of sitters in front of the goal...
...single individual is to be blamed for Italy's second-round exit, it is Trap himself: in the second half he substituted two attacking players with defensive midfielders, signaling the Italians would sit back and allow the Koreans to attack. The hosts were happy to oblige. For the final third of regulation time, only one side showed genuine appetite for goals. That side won. Justice was done. It's up to you whether you want to eat your sour grapes, Giovanni, but don't pelt them at the referee...
...complex passes that would look impossible even on a coach's drawing board. These were designed to draw opposition defenders and create spaces for David Trezeguet, the French spearhead, to slip through. When the other side refused to come out and play, the French fell into their own trap: their defenders stepped up to help the midfielders, leaving behind huge gaps. Uruguay was unable to make much of these openings, but Senegal got a goal, Denmark two?while France drew a blank in all its games...
...rate one-third within a decade. Indiana's Democratic Senator Evan Bayh, a fan of Horn's, says that marriage promotion is worth a try. "What's the harm?" he asks. For his part, Horn swears he's not out to be the bad cop of matrimony or to trap people in abusive unions. "The money in this bill goes to help people who have decided to get married and want to try to stay married," he says, noting that the middle class has access to marriage counselors while the poor...