pretournament

Part of the fun of the earliest club competitions back in Britain was the pretournament dinner, at which the official "assigner of the odds" often opened the floor to debate about his judgments.

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Officials initially said the North Korean team would conduct its pretournament preparations in Bulawayo, a city where the crackdown had been concentrated.

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"I am actually going to try and obviously not get as hot when I play," Mr. Woods said during his pretournament news conference Monday.

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"I am actually going to try and obviously not get as hot when I play," Mr. Woods said during his pretournament news conference Monday.

The Importance of Being Angry Matthew Futterman 2010

Bookmakers also misfired on five of the 16 group-stage survivors, based on the pretournament odds they assigned to each team.

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On the field, the pretournament expectations were more pedestrian and luckily dashed.

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He repeatedly said during a pretournament interview that he intended to play his way on, instead of forcing American captain Corey Pavin to select him with one of his discretionary picks.

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Soccer's governing body, FIFA, says it is up to national teams to decide where to train and play pretournament warm-up matches.

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One of the youngest and fastest teams here, Germany rained in the goals, 13 in all and four each against pretournament favorites England and Argentina.

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"I am actually going to try and obviously not get as hot when I play," Mr. Woods said during his pretournament news conference Monday.

The Importance of Being Angry Matthew Futterman 2010