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...global labor market in order to make themselves competitive in the pan-European leagues that are the most lucrative for the continent's clubs. So, while the fans treat the game as a tableux enactment of ancient tribal battles, the "actors" are Dutchmen, Georgians, Danes, Brazilians, Portuguese, Swedes, Frenchmen, Guineans, Ivorians, Bulgarians and others whose professional wanderings might have them, within a year, being hailed as champions of the Basque or Catalan cause, or the class rivalries of Milan, or some other oblique cause. They're simply professionals marketing their skills to the highest bidder in the increasingly globalized world...
...that soccer success requires buying the best talent available - and given the fact that far wealthier clubs in Western Europe are going to take the cream of the world's soccer talent, clubs in the Ukraine and Russia - and France and Belgium - who can't afford top-tier Brazilians, Frenchmen, Scandinavians or even the established stars of African football have looked increasingly to Africa's second tier as the prime source of imported talent to raise their game. KSK Beveren, the Antwerp team who reached last season's Belgian cup final, has been known to field a team composed entirely...
Lieut. Fraim returned and said he had arranged for about 35 Frenchmen to start digging graves. The next morning, I could see them coming my way, carrying a mixture of picks, shovels and lunch pails. All the men were very old or crippled in some way. There was little conversation, since I spoke no French and they spoke no English. The long row of bodies and marking stakes made it apparent what was to be done...
This of course drew loud approbation from the audience, especially the women, and might lead one to wonder whether Frenchmen can get away with anything...
Bisexuality was one of many balances Air struck on Monday. Theirs is a sound as much about empty space as solid ground, as much about the notes being played as the silence outside. Even the band was evenly divided between the two Frenchmen and their two American backup musicians. Perhaps University President Lawrence H. Summers should have talked to these guys for his “Renewing the Atlantic Partnership” project...