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...Consider the line up: local bank and Newcastle United sponsor Northern Rock had to be nationalized in February after it was caught short of cash when the money markets seized; on Sep. 12, Britain's third largest tour operator XL went bust leaving London club West Ham United without a shirt sponsor; and now insurance giant AIG, shirt sponsor at English and European club champions Manchester United, is teetering on the brink of collapse...
...having little interest in politics: "I've lived through enough times to know, as the French say, plus ça change - nothing changes, give or take the odd Iraqi war." One thing that musters his outrage, though, is the dwindling government funding for the arts, which has endangered local theaters like his Scarborough company - where, in all his years as artistic director, he has never taken a salary. "My salary is in the accounts," he says, "but it usually goes flying out to pay for some damn trapdoor or something...
...remains controversial because geese and ducks are force-fed to enlarge their liver. Augustus co-sponsored a similar state ban on foie gras in Massachusetts, but the issue has yet to gain sufficient traction. Students at Harvard said they were concerned that the ban could increase menu prices at local eateries. “I’m not sure if it’s right if people had to pay more money,” Jane C. Xie ’12 said...
...Bull isn’t trendy just among the academic set—the drink is also popular among late night club-goers, according to those who work at local bars...
...Health Ministry announced a nationwide investigation into how the milk powder was contaminated on September 12. Police in central Hebei province have detained 22 people and arrested four, including two brothers who ran a milk collection station. They have been accused of watering down the milk they purchased from local farmers and adding melamine to conceal the dilution, the state-run Xinhua News Service reported...