Word: breaker
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...game when it comes to exposing the other side's "assets." Moscow Tuesday announced that it had arrested a U.S. diplomatic official it "caught red-handed" trying to acquire military secrets. The incident follows the arrest earlier this month by the U.S. military of a Navy code-breaker, Petty Officer First Class Daniel King, 40, who faces charges of passing secrets to Russia. The Russians detained a junior embassy staffer identified by Interfax as Cheri Leberknight, a second secretary of the U.S. embassy's military-political department, and accused her of working for the CIA to procure state secrets...
...Golf carts, forbidden on the regular tour, are allowed. The problem in tennis, McEnroe explains, "is that we've still got to run, and they haven't yet come up with a shrunken court." Seniors competition is limited to two sets, however, and if necessary a 10-point tie breaker instead of the regular best out of three...
...That tie breaker doesn't sit too well with McEnroe, who jokingly calls the senior-tennis circuit the "dinosaur tour." "I think we should be playing two out of three sets," he says. "This way it's too quick, and most of the fans seem shocked that it's over." Also, he says, it doesn't test the players enough. "There should be at least some kind of fitness test involved...
What am I doing here? Serena Williams asked herself in the middle of the championship tie breaker that would help her make history, allow her to fulfill her father's predictions and alter her relationship with her older sister. It was a moment of doubt. But being 17, she dismissed it quickly--just as swiftly as she recovered from the nervousness that tripped up two earlier chances to win the title outright in her match against Martina Hingis. Serena's prevailing ethos reasserted itself: she doesn't lose tie breakers. She hasn't lost one all year. The rule held...
...outlast the Ricky Martin craze, ask your future spouse some tough questions. Most simmering differences can be defused by talk before they heat to a boil. But if you run into a pig-headed partner who feels the family finances are none of your business, consider it a deal breaker. You are bound to discover that your priorities have not been taken seriously. And if your fiance lies in a big way about personal assets or debts, don't go anywhere near a church. Such seeds of mistrust will surely flower...