But the ground felt damp and cold under his knees and a whiff of sulfurous air stung his lungs and the cold sun playing on his skin seemed to stir the cigarette burns to pain, and the pain brought home to him that what had happened, and what was about to happen, were no dream.

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Nobody looks suave playing sports in the freezing cold.

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As night fell, it was invigorating to see all the rosy-cheeked folks fresh from playing outside, but Lake Placid is cold.

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Withholding Smiley's voice is one of many intriguing games that the film plays in the course of a Cold War mystery about spies playing sinister games of treason and personal betrayal.

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Li Lin, who grew up in Beijing, China, didn't take up tennis until he was around 40, and his young son became his frequent playing companion, often indoors in the cold winters at the Miller Tennis Center in Williamsville, N.

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It may be a bitterly cold day but there are still children playing on the swings, while other people are walking their dogs.

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Giuliani has always enjoyed playing the crime-fighting superhero, but he has, famously, been a cold and merciless crusader--a bane to squeegee pests, jaywalkers, homeless people, welfare moms, police-shooting victims and city-council Democrats.

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Driven by the Cold War, the last century saw the U.S. and Soviet Union playing a continual game of oneupmanship with airborne titans.

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Delayed spring weather may be part of the cause for the Mets dipping attendance figures, except for the fact that the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox are playing home games in front of over-capacity crowds in cities that are not immune to the cold.

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