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...defensive line at rucks and mauls to stand 5 m further back than it does now. That's a bigger change to the laws than many diehards could cope with, but a lot more tinkering is needed - more than is contained in the so-called Experimental Law Variations that Australia is advocating. Rugby gives the defending side every chance to get out of trouble, to push play away from the attacking zones and back toward center field for more tedious slog. It's time to seal some of the escape hatches. The options of kicking out on the full from...
After 11 years in the back seat, Australia's Labor Party is itching to take the wheel of government again. Four times in a row voters have rejected Labor in favor of John Howard's conservative coalition. But with a shiny-blond new leader, Kevin Rudd, trouncing Howard in popularity polls, Labor has a real chance to deprive the P.M. of a fifth term. A few days after Howard called an election for Nov. 24, betting markets were offering $2.60 for a government win; $1.50 for Labor...
...rugby's world cup as a major big-money sporting event. It drew an estimated 2.7 million spectators into stadiums, and a TV audience - accumulated over the entire tournament, including Saturday's final - of nearly 4 billion, an increase of nearly 25% over the 2003 event held in Australia. Although that forecasted total is dwarfed by the soccer World Cup, which drew a total TV audience of 30 million people, rugby's tally certainly rivals the Summer Olympics' for second place in global sports TV audiences...
...seems counterintuitive, what with France, Italy, Spain and Australia suffering wine gluts over the past few years and the E.U. contemplating yanking out vines. Even California's Central Valley has seen 100,000 acres culled in the past five years. But the premium end of that market--wines costing $25 a bottle and up--is on a tear, with sales growth averaging more than 30% over the past three years. Bill Stevens, wine-division manager at Silicon Valley Bank, expects pricey wine to continue to grow at a double-digit pace, with grape shortages in all premium areas except Merlot...
...Britain playing the role of the Russian bear at the other end of the globe? Not exactly. Six other countries (Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand and Norway) have also laid claims to sectors of Antarctica; those of Chile and Argentina overlap with the British claim. (The United States recognizes none of them, but reserves the right to make its own claim down the line.) Each of those seven claims include coastline, and every coast presents an opportunity under Article 76 of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: If you can prove that the continental shelf extends...