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...Russia. It was a terrible thing to do to the Oranje supporters, still Europe's best. But they had a good time anyway, even the thousands who invaded Switzerland without a ticket. Following on the tradition established at the World Cup in Germany, the packed Fan Zones in the host cities - Zurich boasted of a million Fan Zone visits - showed that the tournament had now outgrown mere stadiums. And although there were some incidents, the massed fans focused on the football, and the absolutely zany weather, such as the freak and violent storm in Vienna that literally scattered supporters...
...side, the road to the final has been studded with mediocrity. "There's no consistency in this tournament but we've reached the final," admitted German coach Joachim Löw. The Mannschaft starting brightly in beating Poland, looked dreadful in losing to Croatia, barely adequate in dismissing co-host Austria and strategically sound in mauling the more skillful Portugal in the quarters. But nothing in this team strikes fear into the hearts of its opponents, other than the fact that it's Germany. Which is often enough...
...compared to 1990 levels), the U.S. and oil-rich Canada remain reluctant to tie themselves down. (President George W. Bush recently pledged to cap the growth in U.S. emissions by 2025 - a goal that's not even in the same galaxy as that of his European counterparts.) Host nation Japan, the most energy-efficient big country in the world, is struggling to meet its Kyoto caps and is backing away from hard targets. Countries can't even agree on which year to employ as a baseline for emission reductions: 1990, which was used for the Kyoto Protocol, or a more...
...author of Righteous: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement, suspects they are "another way of becoming the best Christian wife--to have tons of orgasms so their husbands can go to church the next day and tell people how they really made Jesus proud in the sack." Todd Friel, host of the syndicated radio show Way of the Master, says sexual intimacy was created as a taste of what it's like to be in a "right relationship" with God. "That's amazing, and it's a little different than 'Come and improve your sex life...
...There's a tremendous amount of logic: there were millions of dollars spent on selling them to you," says Christopher Kimball, editor of Cook's Illustrated and host of PBS's America's Test Kitchen. He explains that America inherited the big Victorian British-Irish breakfast of bread, eggs and pork (probably because it could be cured and stored). Cereals were added at the turn of the century thanks to the Kellogg brothers. Doughnuts sneaked in after they were paired with coffee as an afternoon treat for World War I soldiers. In the South, buttery biscuits have long been served...