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...anyway. I experienced that war and its horrors, but I have worked quite happily for two German companies and promoted their products. It's time Europeans moved on, combined our strengths and forged a stronger European Union, with all conflict confined to the football field. Desmond Connelly Stafford, England I really enjoyed your articles and magnificent photographs of the World Cup. It is unfortunate that decisions by the referees were sometimes questionable, and obviously so, since television viewers could see what really happened through slow-motion replays. FIFA's refusal to introduce modern technology for referees to consult on difficult...
...Over in England, 2,500 employees of an insurance firm were fired by a group text message. The firm wanted everyone to hear the news at the same time, as if that was fairer. Instead, getting the axe by text only made the employees more offended. They looted the firm's offices of computers...
...property at Australind, near Bunbury, 2,000 km down the road. "This beach area hasn't changed at all," says Wilson, fishing from the comfort of a deck chair. Wilson was a regular visitor to this beach when he worked at Newman's iron ore mine. Born in Wigan, England, he came to Australia in 1969. "But you definitely now see more people on the road around here." On the way north to Broome, the beaches offer solitude and bountiful sport fishing; it was in these parts in 1999 that then TIME art critic Robert Hughes had a horrific road...
...Chalked on the blackboard are the words "student self-assessment What are your: Dreams, Goals, Skills and Talents? Achievement + Knowledge = Success." Aspiring actress Verity Gorman, 13, seems to have learned the lesson. Asked to audition for the 26-part series (which will be screened in Australia and England next year), she won the role of Lockie's posh classmate Sasha, a poised figure not unlike herself (pictured). "This has given me a small taste of what it's really like," she says of filmmaking. Tastes like teen spirit...
Patrick’s membership in the Fly has drawn criticism as well; in yesterday’s Globe article, New England School of Law Professor Wendy Murphy said that Patrick’s decision to join an all-male group raises questions about “his commitment to equality of citizens of all persons...