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...Crimson and the Bulldogs represented the marquee matchup on the sunny June afternoon, drawing the largest crowd in the short tenure of the sponsorship of Jack Wills. Jack Wills is a British clothing retailer that’s popular among wealthy English students...
...Colonel Getchell has come up with an imperfect solution. "Because Captain Rahman's English is excellent, I think he is going to become a translator for Coalition forces," says the U.S. officer. "This is not his first choice. He wants to be a police commander, but that's not possible right now. But maybe in six months, a year, after everything has cooled down, he could be an officer again...
...Goldfarb, a history and literature concentrator, plans to work for a year before applying to a graduate program in English...
...discussing questions of how the Communion will deal with homosexual bishops and the blessing of homosexual unions, and appears ready to act unilaterally to get its way. Failure to deal with the conflict could result in a shift in the Communion's center of power away from its English roots and toward its growing, disgruntled churches in the southern hemisphere...
...Portuguese superiority was not to last, however. Other European powers - especially the Dutch - began to encroach on Portugal's trading posts in the 17th century, and by the century's end, Portuguese traders were being eclipsed by the Dutch, English and Spanish. But in many ways, the Western world's awareness of, and infatuation with, all things Asian - from spices to art - can be traced to the early Portuguese merchants and explorers. Now a new museum in Lisbon attempts to reflect the cultural legacy of those pioneering days...