But the game plan for Saturday is to give nostalgia a kick in the teeth as Cigar sets out to shatter the consecutive-victory record set by Citation in 1948-50.
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"It would have been a kick in the teeth, " coach Don Nelson said of the alternative, after his Mavericks had knocked off the equally discombobulated Atlanta Hawks, 89-85.
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"Smilla's Sense of Snow, " though, is a kick in the teeth, presenting Ormond as an angry existentialist, a driven, joyless individual who is truly alive only when she's outraged.
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The cancellation of the series also drew criticism from the Royal Navy, with a source telling " The Sun " that it was " a kick in the teeth to our sailors ".
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Colin Parry, who received ?, 500 after the death of his 12-year-old son in the Warrington bomb attacks, called for a review of the compensation system saying " It's a kick in the teeth.
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"We have to reflect on our own missed chances, because you can't afford to do that, " Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said . " It's a kick in the teeth after last Sunday's performance ."
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"The fact that there has been no offer is a kick in the teeth for the tens of thousands of low-paid workers who are the lifeblood of public services in London, " said Geoff Martin of Unison.
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"The proposal to sell off BA's catering operation is a kick in the teeth for workers who have made many sacrifices to ensure the profitability of the business, " said George Ryde, the union's national secretary for civil aviation.
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"This is a kick in the teeth to the thousands of individuals across the world who are legally attempting to enter the United States, " said Rep . Tom Tancredo, R-Colo ., chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus.
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"This is a kick in the teeth to the thousands of individuals across the world who are legally attempting to enter the United States, " added Rep . Tom Tancredo, R-Colo ., chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus.
