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by Trevor Chesterfield
There is a promotional advert in a Colombo newspaper drawing attention to the Sri Lanka team at the ICC World T20 that has become so typical of your triumphalism mentality in today’s society.
Frankly, it is a type of...
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Athlete Michael Strahan struck a pose with Captain Morgan for the Captain’s Pose for Play program, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009 in Tampa, Florida. (Shea Walsh/AP Images for Captain Morgan)
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