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    A USA Today story on the frequent phenomenon of comebacks in professional tennis noted, "Andre Agassi, Jennifer Capriati and Monica Seles, to name three, all took major breaks and returned to win majors, albeit for different reasons." That "albeit" signals a quick change in direction, from what "all three" did, to the way each did it differently. Full Article at Christian Science Monitor
    Andre Agassi, Jennifer Capriati and Monica Seles, to name three, all took major breaks and returned to win majors, albeit for different reasons.
    SOURCE: Christian Science Monitor 1 month ago

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  2. KANSAS CITY, MO - NOVEMBER 24: Head coach Rick Barnes of the Texas Longhorns chats with head coach Jamie Dixon of the Pittsburgh Panthers prior to the CBE Classic championship game on November 24, 2009 at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
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  9. Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, who ran the Khmer Rouge's "S-21" torture and interrogation centre, listens during his trial by a U.N.-backed tribunal at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh November 25, 2009 . Closing arguments began on Monday in the trial of Pol Pot's chief torturer, the first for a top Khmer Rouge cadre 30 years after the end of a regime blamed for 1.7 million deaths in Cambodia.
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  11. Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, who ran the Khmer Rouge's "S-21" torture and interrogation centre, listens during his trial by a U.N.-backed tribunal at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh November 25, 2009 . Closing arguments began on Monday in the trial of Pol Pot's chief torturer, the first for a top Khmer Rouge cadre 30 years after the end of a regime blamed for 1.7 million deaths in Cambodia.
  12. The Forbidden City is seen during heavy fog in Beijing November 25, 2009.
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  17. In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, wearing glasses, smiles as he visits Ryangchaek bearing factory in North Phyongan Province, North Korea.
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