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Consensus: Americans are too tough

By Marc J. Spears
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, September 15, 2003

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- At breakfast Sunday, there were plenty of conversations in Swedish. But over the din, two surprisingly familiar voices rang out, complete with a slight Boston accent. Yearning for some conversation with American ties, I didn't hesitate to ask the couple at the neighboring table if they were, indeed, from the United States. Indeed they were. Dick and Doris O'Rourke answered in very friendly fashion that they were from Boston and were in the middle of a European trip tha ...

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