Janet Douglas (name changed) and I heaved collective sighs of relief as we watched our daughters play tennis together on the first day of summer break.

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It was their first two-day break between games since the first week of the season, and came after the Sabres closed a stretch in which they played 14 games in 24 days.

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The showboating side of Verdasco reappeared at the worst possible moment as he mishit an overhead from the baseline so badly that it hit the umpire's chair and Federer converted his first break point of the day to level the match.

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On January 3rd, the first trading day of 2012, we got that big break out of the wedge, perhaps (as we talked about on our blog beforehand) due to new fund inflows at the beginning of a new year.

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The Spanish resort's bosses ordered the team to leave after an incident on the first evening of their planned four-day break.

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On that first day I managed to break the card of a member of the Nordstrom founding family.

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But an encouraging and dramatic two-day upside reversal from the downside break that threatened the first two days of the week.

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On the open plains of Texas, I first learned the character of our country: sturdy and honest, and as hopeful as the break of day.

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