Japan is a very influential player.

What was it? What could it--

His last thought was surprise.

When you lose someone who is such an influential player in the team as Paul Leeman, you should have a response from the rest of the them,

He's a good scorer, ... I think he can be a really good player.

It was as if Japan had fallen victim to a case of collective amnesia.

Iran is a very complicated player, an influential player seeking regional pre- eminence. Iraq is very important to it, and it is using a variety of means that, to you and I, would look very contradictory but to them it looks as part of a comprehensive strategy.