Trachsel's Good Effort Loses Out to Great One
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Steve Trachsel was excellent for a good portion of the game, but Randy Johnson was too much for the Mets.
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One film has an oblique ending that's left some viewers dissatisfied and others floored by its profundity. The other features a slowly developing plot and a brutal, operatically violent finale.
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The brewery, struggling with domestic weakness, falls short of its earnings target.
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Disappointment is something that Mike Mussina takes in stride because it has seemed to identify his postseason career. Again and again, Mussina has tossed playoff gems, only to be bested by a sharper opponent.
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This American icon seems destined to lag for the forseeable future.
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An errant "Akeelah" tchotchke needs a shot of Grammar Rock.
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Baseball can be so fickle. The line between the daring and defeatist is precariously thin, blurred by intangible factors, altered by blind providence.
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The Good German is long on style, short on thought
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Pioneer struggles with turnover at its highest levels.
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TAMPA -- Perhaps it would be foolish to consider last night's match against the Tampa Bay Lightning a must-win game.
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From a distance that couldn't have been more than 30 inches, Niclas Fasth rolled his putt toward the hole, only to see it catch the lip and spin out. Undaunted, he tried a second time. Again, it lipped out. The third time was hardly better; he missed the hole entirely.
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Pitcher Steve Trachsel was traded from the Baltimore Orioles to the Chicago Cubs on Friday, giving the NL Central leaders another starter for the stretch.
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IF he hadn't failed two parts of the entrance examination to the Hungarian Film Academy, Tibor Kocsis might not have become the documentary film director who made a powerful film shown recently in Budapest.
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The company has posted impressive growth, but the industry is struggling.
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You know it has not been a vintage Berlin film festival when the leading contender for top prizes falls somewhere between "average" and "good" in the critics' ratings
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The photo on the front page (Feb. 13) is Pulitzer quality. I suggest you nominate Mike Terry for that award. The photo has urgency, drama, composition and is alive with tense action. It is one of the best photos you have published.
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Steve Stricker has given himself plenty of chances to win this year, but none quite as good as this.