He knows all too well that not every test in every experiment will work.

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Rogge has already spoken to those federations, and written to Russian president Vladimir Putin pleading for calm - he knows all too well that more brinkmanship would be very dangerous.

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He knows all too well how Washington works--and doesn't.

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