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With 10 millimetres of grass on the track it was a bowler's dream, but a series of former greats criticised the pitch for "doing too much" and being "unfair for the batters".

From Barron's

"When I was at my best, as world No. 1, a junior could beat me," added the former Wimbledon and French Open champion.

From Barron's

A host of former greats have been critical of the Melbourne pitch with former England captain Michael Vaughan on Saturday calling it "a joke".

From Barron's

Stocks prefer rate cuts that are luxuries rather than emergencies—and we would categorize coming cuts as the former.

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“It’s awful how much waste that is,” said Pamela Schweitzer, a pharmacist and former assistant U.S. surgeon general.

From The Wall Street Journal