 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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It's all over for the class of '66.(Column)
From:
The Evening Standard (London, England)
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September 3, 2001| Author:
Norman, Matthew
| COPYRIGHT 2001 Solo Syndication Limited. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Byline: MATTHEW NORMAN
EVEN for connoisseurs of sporting imbecility who believe, as I do, that ex-sportsmen should be neither seen nor heard, the results of Friday's Weakest Link special, featuring ex-players and one ex-commentator with German links, were a little startling.
Who humiliated himself the most it is hard to say, but you may get some flavour from the fact that by no means the worst effort was George Cohen's reply of "strides" to the question: "What...
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