Word: cupfuls
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...Europe, next January, and join glamor club AC Milan on loan. If the deal is finalized in the wake of Milan's premature announcement Wednesday, it would mark an essential step in Beckham's bid to reclaim his place in the England squad ahead of the 2010 World Cup...
...Jersey, where the New York Giants and Jets play. Will companies pay the same sweet premium they would have, say, a year ago for the right to attach their name to one of these new venues? Very doubtful. AIG, the embattled insurance giant, has sponsored the U.S. Davis Cup team since 1999, an agreement that ends this year: if the company hadn't floundered, odds are it would have renewed the deal. Now the United States Tennis Association has to fish for a new sponsor in a very soft market. The sports-facility boom could also take...
...County Cork and freshly made poached-salmon sandwiches, owner Laura Heap says she's already noticed a downturn in business. "I get a lot of local moms, and they're spending less," she says. "Whereas they used to buy their eggs and bread, now they're just buying a cup of tea." Heap, who opened the shop less than a year ago, has dropped her prices 25% and let some staff go. She remains upbeat about the future, but with Canary Wharf on her doorstep, she concedes, "I do feel a slight wave of fear...
...always away making movies and everything." Engh also charges that Ventura was "two-faced." One of his initiatives as mayor was to stop cigarettes from being sold at convenience stores. "Yet," Engh says, "he would sit there at the meetings chewing snuff and spitting in the cup. I thought that was rude and disrespectful to the audience...
...organizes and promotes the Green Cup, which anchors many of its campaigns throughout the year. The problem with using the Green Cup as an incentive for change is, simply, that it is a poor incentive. The house that claims the Green Cup wins just more than $1000. As the standings begin to shake out, houses that stand to lose tend to tune out, defeating Green Cup’s goal of drumming up environmental excitement within the student body. The College would do well to emulate the Shut the Sash program’s structure: setting each house a number...