By the end, the only thing I was rooting for was for the battle to move downtown so The Hulk could hurl himself off the Forbes building in all his green glory.

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From the shadow of the garage, I beheld the back yard, with its Norwegian maples, the tilted white birches, the ancient apple tree whose branches touched the windows of the family room, and for the first time, it seemed, I understood the green glory of this acreage as something indifferent to human life and quite apart from the Victorian manse set upon it.

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There are also tennis courts on the property and, glory be, not a tee or green in sight--though you do maneuver the hilly terrain on battery-operated golf carts.

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Once again the team will be doubling up in their glory bids, with German sprinter Erik Zabel aiming to win back his green jersey off Robbie McEwen.

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