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...Vinokourov and team managers deny any wrongdoing, French media reports say French police searches of Astana's hotel and garbage cans in the area had turned up unspecified "evidence" to support the allegations of performance-enhancement cheating. The shock of that news was so great that French and German riders staged a sit-in prior to the start of Wednesday's leg to protest the ill repute such purported practices have left both the sport and the Tour...
...unannounced inspections of their own on supply buses used by some participating teams - checks that generated more bad press for the Tour, although no banned substances were turned up in the raids. By now, however, the corrosive effects of suspicion had already begun to take their toll. After a German rider for the T-Mobile team tested positive for testosterone during the first week of the race, German TV channels ARD and ZDF announced they'd stop covering the Tour. By the time Vinokourov's ignoble exit, French newspaper Libération had decided to stop publishing daily Tour stage...
...which brings us back to Berlin, and the public service announcement, which was only one of very, very many sponsored by the German Federal Center for Health Education. I have yet to see a subway station without such an ad, and there are well over 300 subway stations here. They showcase all different kinds of produce—not only the obvious cucumbers and bananas, but also less likely models like lemons and potatoes—and diverse catchy slogans, like the words “Poppt sicher!” above a condom-covered ear of corn...
There are a multitude of possible reasons for the difference in attitude, among them Europeans' generally more liberal views on sex and many Berliners' familiarity with governmental interference in private life, a product of their experiences under the old East German regime. But it seems that the most important factor is a shared sense of urgency about safe sex: in the bottom-left corner of each poster, regardless of produce type, condom color, or slogan, is a box containing the words “Gib AIDS keine Chance”—don’t give AIDS...
...States, and then put it all over schools, television, and, yes, subways. I’m sure that with our superior wit, determination, and punning abilities, we can far surpass every other country once we put our minds to it. And if not, we can always adopt the German approach, but substitute our own slogans, our own condoms, and our own vegetables. American potatoes are sexier anyway...