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"I feel like I win, when I lose" (Waterloo, 1974).

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/=D0=92=D0=B8=D0=BA=D0=B8=D0=BF=D0=B5=D0=B4=D0=
=B8=D1=8F:=D0=9F=D1=80=D0=BE=D0=B5=D0=BA=D1=82:=D0=A8=D0=B2=D0=B5=D1=86=D0=
=B8=D1=8F/=D0=A8=D0=B2=D0=B5=D0=B4=D1=81=D0=BA=D0=B0=D1=8F_=D0=BD=D0=B5=D0=
=B4=D0=B5=D0=BB=D1=8F

The surrender of Sveaborg ([[Suomenlinna]]) fortress at Helsinki=20
in 1808 and the [[battle of Poltava]] in the Ukraine in 1709 are=20
the two most famous Swedish military losses to Russia.  A Russian=20
expression for helplessness is "like a Swede at Poltava", but this=20
is not at all how I feel today.

Still, I had hoped that this year's ice hockey championships,=20
played in Quebec ([[2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships]]),=20
would provide retaliation, but yesterday Sweden lost out at 4th=20
place without medals and Russia is playing the final today against=20
Canada in just a few hours.

It is surprising how well hockey-playing nations (Russia, Finland,=20
Sweden, Norway, Canada, USA, Germany, Poland, Czech Replublic) are=20
doing in Wikipedia.  Maybe this is what the Arabs should try.


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  Lars Aronsson (lars at aronsson.se)
  Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se