There will be 83, 000 people in a fantastic stadium and you can't ask for any more in any sport, let alone my humble sport of rugby union.

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And I bet there weren't a lot of fireworks let off in the back streets of Pyongyang for New Year's celebrations. (And don't even mention Singapore.) Fidel Castro still frowns on Christmas celebrations in Cuba.

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In all honesty, I can't blame Hamas for Blowing a hole in the wall to let the straving and sick people cross into Egypt.

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But because of its size, the U.S. Justice Department won't let Vail expand in Colorado--opening the way for Intrawest to bid for such prime properties as American Skiing Co.

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When the F train just isn't coming for 40 minutes, can't they let us know in a way we can understand?

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For Cuadrado, there's plenty of purpose, but he doesn't let analysis get in the way of spontaneity.

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Since the board is supposed to be representing shareholder interests, wouldn't it be better to drop the secrecy and let shareholders decide for themselves if there is any added value in knowing what the CEO takes home?

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Let's understand for a second that -- I don't know what Senator Graham or Senator Bond said in 2005 when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an analogy that if you compared the recidivism rate of detainees at Guantanamo with the U.S. penal system, the detainee rate is less for -- the recidivism rate is less for Guantanamo detainees.

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