Jack is currently on hiatus from showing ("He's taking a break") and his owner now offers his services as a stud for breeding.

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Eriksson pointed out that every country that has won a major tournament since 1966, the last time England won anything of note, has had the benefit of a winter break and Germany, the best European performers, traditionally has the longest hiatus among major nations.

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The four-day trading hiatus since the twin towers of the World Trade Center imploded on Tuesday morning has been the longest break in the U.S. since the special banking holidays ordered by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression.

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