Rod Smith, defending, said Gough was adamant he was not responsible for the dog's death.

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In poetry, finalists include Emmanuel Hocquard's (oh-KARDZ') "The Invention of Glass, " translated from French by Cole Swenson and Rod Smith.

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It designed the greatest two tennis sneakers in the history of humankind, the Rod Laver and the Stan Smith.

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