He was polite, and would cup Dr Corkin's elbow as they walked around MIT.
With the election set for 18 June many voters would be on holiday and the World Cup would always grab more confidently at the public's imagination, especially when the England team were among the tournament's favourites.
"How Bowser would hold a coffee cup, how he would laugh and spit out coffee, " chuckles Moore.
Browne said last week the four-year contract given to O'Sullivan before the World Cup would be honoured.
Hanson also commented on how the new experience of playing at the Ryder Cup would affect him.
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"To win the World Cup would be a dream come true and put every other achievement in the shade, " said Morley.
Lord Triesman, who is the bid chairman, stressed the impact a World Cup would have on the population and the economy.
An official statement recommended that an independent external review of the organisation of the World Cup would be undertaken when the tournament was over.
Gunners captain Cesc Fabregas said he could understand Wenger's opinion, but insisted that playing for Spain at the World Cup would only be possible if he played well for Arsenal.
Sensing a victory that would ensure Heineken Cup qualification for next season, Scarlets director of rugby Nigel Davies called for his senior players held in reserve on the bench.
Muralitharan retired from Test cricket last year but remained in the limited-overs set-up although he announced in January that the World Cup would be his final international tournament.
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The USPGA also wanted it to go ahead but as the days have gone on and the extent of this terrible tragedy came clear it became likely that the Cup would be postponed.
The Scarlets are traditionally Welsh club rugby's European flag-bearers starring in three Heineken Cup semi-finals and four quarter-finals - and Davies concedes that not making the Heineken Cup would be damaging to the club.
Next up for Gillingham is an FA Cup first-round tie at Bury but Stimson says, much as he would enjoy a good cup run, his priority is to secure promotion out of League Two.
"If the World Cup came here, then the whole of Africa would feel a sense of the cup, " Mbeki said.
Furthermore, even 20 desalination plants would only add a cup to California's water bucket.
Nobody ever said this whole Quest for the Cup thing would be easy, kid.
If that is not achieved then Kenya's place in World Cup qualifying would be seriously under threat.
No one thought Zambia would win the Africa Cup of Nations last year but they shocked everybody.
"I always had faith that we would reach the World Cup, even though we were two goals behind, " Daei said.
The Briton still has a slim chance of qualifying for the Masters Cup but would realistically need to win here.
Dutch legend Ruud Gullit says bikes and being small is why Holland and Belgium would be great World Cup hosts.
The Bid Book contains all of the detail of how we would host the World Cup in either 2018 or '22.
The following year he got the England job and announced that the national team would win the World Cup in 1966.
While Oosthuizen would have been a Cup rookie (like Norman's other pick, Aaron Baddeley), Allenby has the type of experience you don't want.
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It was almost inevitable that Sunday's World Cup draw would throw the two nations together again, giving McClaren's successor an immediate opportunity for revenge.
It was initially hoped he would return for the cup tie at Ewood Park but he is now expected back at work on Friday.
Logic would suggest success in cup competitions ought not to be factored in at all, because chance plays an even bigger role in knockout tournaments.
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