A traditional fixture at Wimbledon is the way the BBC TV commentary box fills up with British players eliminated in the early rounds.


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For the past three quarters we have simultaneously increased yield, load factors in the face of incr...
CLIVE BEDDOE
Only reason can convince us of those three fundamental truths without a recognition of which there c...
CLIVE BELL
It would follow that 'significant form' was form behind which we catch a sense of ultimate reality.
CLIVE BELL
Foreign ownership has declined somewhat in recent months with the run-up in the price of fuel, as th...
CLIVE BEDDOE
The humanitarian developers behind World of Warcraft have also discovered a way to bribe gamers into...
CLIVE THOMPSON
Why are online games so addictive? It's mostly the narcotic appeal of 'leveling.'
CLIVE THOMPSON
My history was the Western. I grew up with the Lone Ranger, the Cisco Kid and Bonanza. I felt as muc...
CLIVE SINCLAIR
The purity of finding the right artist, that artist that's gonna be the next hall of famer, that...
CLIVE DAVIS
The computer industry began with home-brew boxes that everyone had to program for themselves, but th...
CLIVE THOMPSON
The summer of 1976 was so hot that bars of chocolate melted on the shelves before confectioners coul...
CLIVE SINCLAIR
When I was growing up in north-west London, our milkman's cart was pulled by a horse, and cattle...
CLIVE SINCLAIR
On completing my degree, I started a Ph.D. in statistics, although I knew very little about the topi...
CLIVE GRANGER
Some men play golf. I've got this crazy thing about maintaining our nation's maritime herita...
CLIVE CUSSLER
NUMA is basically trying to preserve our maritime heritage by finding lost shipwrecks of historical ...
CLIVE CUSSLER
This was the wonder of advertising; the complete absence of cynicism. It may have many mansions, but...
CLIVE SINCLAIR
Back in 1948, a monomaniac called Korczak resolved to impose Crazy Horse's likeness upon a mount...
CLIVE SINCLAIR
I always used to say to myself, I'm going to die of lung cancer. That's the choice I'm m...
CLIVE OWEN
I have total respect for the self-contained rock artist. Whether you're dealing with Jerry Garci...
CLIVE DAVIS
One man's pornography is another man's theology.
CLIVE BARKER
It is great good health to believe as the Hindus do that there are 33 million gods and goddesses in ...
CLIVE BARKER
Using signaling theory, the conclusion has to be that managers of acquiring companies are using a hi...
CLIVE MCDONNELL
Sometimes my plot lines are so convoluted, I get calls from friends at 3 am saying; you SOB, you'll ...
CLIVE CUSSLER
Welcome to Briton...
CLIVE OWEN
I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.
CLIVE OWEN
I was very keen on playing a victim,
CLIVE OWEN
He's a very inspired choice for a movie like this because he's very specific and precise and he's ve...
CLIVE OWEN
One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open.
CLIVE OWEN
I think it's the most successful bedding in of computer technology and people I've ever seen in a mo...
CLIVE OWEN
Nothing worth discussing? You were so close.
CLIVE OWEN
I had a great time there. It's a very lovely, cultural place. Great restaurants, great places to go....
CLIVE OWEN
I never saw it coming. You know, you very often read a thriller and you can see where it's heading o...
CLIVE OWEN
He stood dressed in voluminous robes of thrice-burned silk (the blackest, most portentous; the silk ...
CLIVE BARKER
Be strong, little mother,” she said to Melissa. “I know you can be.” “Yes?” Melissa said a...
CLIVE BARKER
Anybody can shrug and say life is just some accident of mud and lightning. But Henry, it isn't CLIVE BARKER