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Then all the European teams--Real Madrid, Milan, Benefica and others--came to me with proposals to start playing again. But I thought that would be like returning to the field in Brazil. Another proposal came from the presidents of Warner Brothers and Warner Records [now, like TIME, part of AOL Time Warner] in the States: "We're trying to get soccer going in the U.S., and we're going to start a big team, the New York Cosmos. Why don't you come and play with us?" That, I thought, would be a new experience. The Cosmos were giving...
...close, with British Airways stock - a bad day for airlines - dropping 21 percent. In Germany, the DAX plummeted as much as 11.4 percent lower before recovering somewhat to close the day down 8.5 percent. The Paris Stock Exchange's CAC 40 index tumbled 7.4 percent; the Mib30 index in Milan finished the day at its lowest closing level since Oct. 17, 1998 - down 7.7 percent...
...long-term goal. Her immediate concern has been to restore a semblance of physical normality to Fakhra?which will take at least three years and an estimated 30 operations, after which her face and upper body should be restored. When she received a courage award in April from the Milan-based Sant'Angelica cosmetics firm, Durrani brought Fakhra's case to the company's attention and it offered to underwrite the cost of her reconstructive surgery. The next challenge was to procure a national ID card for Fakhra so she would be eligible for a passport to travel to Italy...
...MILAN HAJEK Czech inventor...
...Milan Hajek has a way with waste. Back in 1997 he devised a means to use microwaves to melt glass around industrial waste laden with toxic heavy metals. The melted glass encapsulated the waste, thus making it safe for disposal...