Russians always want a warm-weather port and will always have a huddled, suspicious culture, whether Tsarist, Soviet, or Putinish.

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Even if Russia could get that warm-water port it is supposed to want, nothing much would change: it would still be cold and flat and depressing to be a Russian.

NEWYORKER: Faces, Places, Spaces

"I thought some of the execution today was excellent, " said McGeechan, who insists he will not pick the Test XV until after Tuesday's final warm-up against Southern Kings in Port Elizabeth.

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The rebels were given a warm welcome as they held a victory parade in Port-au-Prince on Monday, watched over by American marines.

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Later, in one tidal wave of a night, he comes on to a woman in a bar, gets hoofed in the face by her boyfriend, swings by a gay club for a brief encounter (any port in a storm), and then rounds off the evening with a nice warm threesome.

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