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- noun (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)
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¶Edison Arantes do Nascimento, better know as Pelé, will celebrate his 70th birthday
NYT > Home Page By JACK BELL 2010
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¶Edison Arantes do Nascimento, better know as Pelé, will celebrate his 70th birthday
NYT > Home Page By JACK BELL 2010
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The better ones claim the names of the day—Best, Pelé, Moore, Charlton—the rest of us mooch and fuss about the pitch, hurrying to get one kick of the ball before the bell rings for line-up in the church's shadow.
schoolyard soccer James Claffey 2011
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The old guard's defence against the premature elevation of gifted pups is that World Cups are the true stage for the sizing up of greatness, but that argument weakens with every year, and not just because Fifa has devalued the tournament Pelé and Maradona graced by flogging it to Qatar.
Barcelona's Lionel Messi powers into the pantheon of greats | Paul Hayward 2011
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I know Pelé from years ago and I had good experiences against Brazil as a player and manager.
Giovanni Trapattoni keen to stay on and gain revenge at 2014 World Cup 2011
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Brazil have taken the World Cup twice since the glory of 1970, but it is the summer in Mexico, with Pelé, Tostão and the rest, that is lodged most deeply in the collective memory.
St George's Park is no panacea for English football, but it's a start | Kevin McCarra 2011
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And that point still holds, because Pelé and Maradona played for 21 seasons and Cruyff appeared in 20.
Barcelona's Lionel Messi powers into the pantheon of greats | Paul Hayward 2011
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Rooney showed no signs of being distracted here, only annoyance at his own occasional poor touch, the referee and the substitute Federico Macheda, but he lacked the composure and finishing of the player Ferguson had labelled Britain's answer to Pelé when the campaign opened in Benfica.
Wayne Rooney at risk of a barren 2012 after Manchester United's exit 2011
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To imbue a goal with such quasi-religious significance may seem ludicrous, but we are at the point with Messi where admiration is universal even in the Madrid defence, and mention of him alongside Pelé, Diego Maradona and Johan Cruyff is starting to feel obligatory rather than merely tempting.
Barcelona's Lionel Messi powers into the pantheon of greats | Paul Hayward 2011
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I was not a great player but I played against Eusébio, Pelé and Cruyff and I became famous because of them, Trapattoni said.
New Ireland contract will be a formality, says Giovanni Trapattoni 2011
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