Pentagon officials simply became weary of such a prolonged, contentious relationship with one reporter, and decided the ground rule violation was the last straw before enacting a ban.

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But the countries of the West would be doing both themselves and the Russian people a favour by speaking firmly, with one voice, on human rights, democracy, the rule of law and the brutal war in Chechnya.

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He was one for 4 with a ground-rule double and two strikeouts.

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My number one rule is to work with only nice people, and they are all great people.

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America has only had one-party rule (with the same party controlling the White House and both chambers) for six years out of the 28 since Ronald Reagan's election in 1980 two years under Bill Clinton and four and a bit under George Bush.

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"It's probably one of those moments that will go down with the changes to the offside rule and the back-pass rule, which most of us at the time were very skeptical about, but which we've now taken to our hearts because we appreciate it, " he said.

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