Ping-pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century, and it was called Wiff-waff! And there, I think, you have the difference between us and the rest of the world. Other nations, the French, looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to have dinner; we looked at it an saw an opportunity to play Wiff-waff.
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BORIS TRAJKOVSKI I am considering two things on a daily basis: what is right to do and what is wrong to do in my role... BORIS TRAJKOVSKI The rage on the streets is not the answer, BORIS TRAJKOVSKI If NATO troops stayed on, this would only give us a sense of false security ... and create another B... BORIS TRAJKOVSKI aimed at achieving a political settlement as soon as possible. BORIS TRAJKOVSKI Our citizens will lose their confidence or trust in the values and principles of the international c... BORIS TRAJKOVSKI a pro-European candidate... for new political values. BORIS TADIC We are working very hard on that issue, BORIS TADIC There's this legal technicality, BORIS TADIC Serbia is a democratic country today, BORIS TADIC I trust police and military reports that I am getting today: that Mladic is somewhere between Bosnia... BORIS TADIC To say that all is as it was before would be dangerous. Serbia after October the 5th is different, b... BORIS TADIC Of course, we can decide not to cooperate with The Hague tribunal but we have to be aware that the c... BORIS TADIC A disintegration of Serbia-Montenegro could cause a chain reaction and destabilize a wider region, BORIS TADIC Serbia does not want at all to arrange political relations among ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, BORIS TADIC I am absolutely against destabilization of the Balkan peninsula, BORIS TADIC In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a K... BORIS SPASSKY I try to help developing junior chess. When I lived in USSR, I got a lot of free help from very good... BORIS SPASSKY I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else. BORIS SPASSKY I don't want ever to be champion again. BORIS SPASSKY I don't play in tournaments, but I follow some. BORIS SPASSKY I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting. BORIS SPASSKY For example, computer defends well, but for humans its is harder to defend than attack, particularly... BORIS SPASSKY When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and... BORIS SPASSKY Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of th... BORIS SPASSKY The markets are reacting to the polls, but investors will sell off more aggressively if Flores doesn... BORIS SEGURA The dissenting votes are evidence that policy makers' outlook on inflation is improving. Why not sta... BORIS SEGURA They were obviously not comfortable with the orders they had. BORIS SEGURA The new public credit team is much more realistic regarding market conditions for Argentina. This pr... BORIS SEGURA The residual impact from the Fed is definitely positive for the dollar. The Fed message is clearly a... BORIS SCHLOSSBERG The residual impact from the Fed is definitely positive for the dollar. The Fed message is clearly a... BORIS SCHLOSSBERG As oil prices go below $60 per barrel, it should translate to yen strength. I think we are far close... BORIS SCHLOSSBERG Euro-dollar dropped about 40 points in the aftermath of the release but recovered some of the loss, ... BORIS SCHLOSSBERG The ECB is trying to walk a very fine line between its mandate to control the budding inflationary p... BORIS SCHLOSSBERG