Word: beckhams
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...RESIGNED. FLORENTINO P?REZ, 58, after almost six years as president of Real Madrid, the world's wealthiest soccer club; in Madrid. Although the Spanish team spent more than $300 million signing superstar players like David Beckham, Zin?dine Zidane and Ronaldo, it has failed to win any major championships in nearly three years and has suffered a string of defeats in recent months. "I cannot ever regret having enjoyed the soccer of the world's best players," P?rez said upon announcing his resignation...
...achieving valedictorian learn to have some fun spawns an equally effective yet starkly contrasted alternate plan, HOWGAL: How Opal Will Get A Life. Little, Brown, and Company reports that “the warm family story at the heart of the novel will remind readers of Bend It Like Beckham, but there’s also enough teen comedy to lure fans of... the hit movie Mean Girls. Viswanathan’s book continues a strong tradition of Harvard students delving into the film industry. The novel will be released April 4. The last time a Harvard student, while still...
DIED. GEORGE BEST, 59, dazzling international soccer superstar whose good looks and shaggy coif earned him the nickname the "fifth Beatle"; of a lung infection, after being hospitalized for a prescription-drug reaction; in London. Long before David Beckham, Best injected sex appeal into soccer, leading Manchester United to its first European Cup win in 1968. But he earned his reputation as a trouble-seeking playboy. Unable to stop drinking, even after a 2002 liver transplant, he called alcohol the "only opponent I've been unable to beat...
...track to win his seventh, which would be a record. One of the most popular up-and-comers today is Kotooshu, 22, a Bulgarian (born Kaloyan Stefanov Mahlyanov) with quick feet and even quicker arm throws. Kotooshu is a media superstar and national sex symbol, dubbed "the [David] Beckham of Sumo" by the Japanese press. If he racks up 12 or more wins over 15 matches during a 15-day contest that ends Nov. 27, his promotion to ozeki, sumo's second highest rank, is virtually guaranteed. Of the 735 wrestlers currently under the Japan Sumo Association (the sport...
...metrosexuals to identify. He is often swathed in Banana Republic sweaters and ever-so-tight trousers. Often, these men look vaguely European, and sometimes drink extremely small cups of coffee that are doubtless incredibly strong. Possibly his hair is highlighted. HAP-Q: 532.8 (Heterosexual, but available only to Victoria Beckham)The Academic Metrosexual: This genus is also a common type, normally personified by grad students in the English Department. These men sometimes wear oxford shirts, which can be paired with sweaters and/or dark wash jeans. Their bags, which probably contain Rimbaud and Jack Daniels, are strikingly large and resemble overgrown...