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"Life was a game, but you have to play it honorably."
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It was a game that silly women, as he called them,
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could not play.
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He becomes known again as sports,
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mass sports is starting just at this time.
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The Olympics are starting just at this time.
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Again, there's a reassertion of virility in these Olympics.
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He's called "The gallant goalkeeper,"
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"The goaltender of Mafeking."
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So, a sports analogy becomes
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part again of this imperial thrust.
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They print patriotic letters to him, which can be signed and can be sent.