More important, memories of winter's past remind Hale of the value of his growing stockpile.

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Her participation will evoke memories of the Jamaican bobsleigh team, whose Winter Olympics efforts inspired the film Cool Runnings.

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Though standing doesn't inspire the same level of controversy as it does in England where memories of hooliganism and several stadium tragedies still color the debate the conversation turned tense this winter after a national police report showed that criminal proceedings and injuries related to soccer violence reached a 12-year high last season.

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