But trying to pin down national identity is always a difficult and dangerous occupation - even more so if your chosen medium involves marshalling 1, 000 people, nine geese and 70 sheep on a sports field.
All adults are told where their closest evacuation centre - a park or sports field, for example - is located.
Two-thirds of parents say they have witnessed bullying and intimidation on the school sports field, a survey suggests.
In September, 2009 a bankruptcy court approved the sale of the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and a 25% stake in a regional sports channel from Tribune Co. to Tom Ricketts.
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The athletes are of mixed ages and abilities, and will be competing in a range of sports from pool to track and field events.
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Perennial Portuguese powerhouse Porto relies heavily on the practice, according to a recent paper by sports lawyers Daniel Geey of Field Fisher Waterhouse and Ariel N.
There is now a level playing field (apologies for the sports metaphor) that would allow the badly underfunded transportation agency to take full advantage of the area's rapidly rising prices and explosive growth.
Friendly with LeBron James and a number of sports superstars, Jay-Z could quickly make Roc Nation a force in the agency field.
Various professional sports leagues have attempted to set a level playing field by testing for drug use and suspending those found guilty.
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It has a soccer field, so its consistently used for sports.
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But you can't chalk up NBC's success only to having a relatively clear playing field, or to using sports promotion that's proven to be very unreliable in the past.
It is difficult for these teams to compete on a level playing field with other teams in their respective sports.
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Sports is a prime example because coaches do not enter the field of play.
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Far from leveling the playing field, college sports recruiting offers the moneyed a substantial advantage over less wealthy families.
It is an observation that perhaps sports is a vehicle for human dynamics beyond what happens on the field.
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Mr. STEVE CAPUS (President, NBC News): We are here with a different mandate than NBC Sports, and their focus will be on the field of play.
Saban is a premier college football coach, but the principle seems universal to a competitive sports business where coaches are on the sidelines and players on the field make the points or runs that win or lose games.
Off the field, his many transgressions came during a more forgiving era for sports figures.
Hungering for the kind of revenue needed to field top teams, a wave of stadium construction is sweeping through sports.
Leadership is a singular quality, whether in the boardroom, the political arena or on the sports field.
But prosecutors say Hassoun himself concluded that maximum damage could be inflicted by a blast next to the popular Sluggers World Class Sports Bar, just steps from Wrigley Field.
Is it freedom of religion, democracy, a judiciary and parliamentary system that is envied worldwide, a cherished monarchy, a reputation of fair play on and off the field, be it business, sports, diplomacy or combat, the English language, etc?
In sports and in games with traditional revenue models, players start out on a level playing field.
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He grew up a sports junkie who was "too skinny" to make it big on the court or field.
Kraft is among the most highly regarded owners in professional sports, having created, out of an ash heap, a perennial winner on and off the field.
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Ferguson's departure marks the end of an era in Manchester and European soccer, a spell that saw Manchester United become not just an on-field juggernaut, but one of sports' pre-eminent global brands.
Whenever Ferguson does leave, it will mark the end of an era in Manchester and European soccer, a spell that saw Manchester United become not just an on-field juggernaut, but one of sports' pre-eminent global brands.
Northwestern has unveiled plans for a complex that includes new lakefront facilities for the football team, a multipurpose indoor facility that seats 2, 500, a diving well adjacent to the existing swimming pool and an outdoor practice field for varsity and club sports along with intramurals.
"Perfectionists have a difficult time with making mistakes, " Cohn said, when asked how to cultivate resilience on the sports field.
This, surely, will please armies, air forces and sports teams, which require people to make split-second decisions based on a rich, wide visual field.
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