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Dazzling moves, ambitious targets and intense pressure - it must be off-season in European soccer. English Premier League champions Manchester United announced today that it accepted a $132 million offer from Real Madrid for fleet-footed winger Cristiano Ronaldo. The deal, which United expects to tie up before the end of the month, would smash a world transfer record set earlier this week when the same Spanish club lavished $92 million on AC Milan's midfield megastar...
...supporters, it's the richest soccer club in the world, with revenues of more than $500 million for the 2007-08 season, double the level of seven years ago. Free to negotiate its own broadcast-rights deal - top teams in England or Germany, say, must sell TV rights collectively - Madrid is halfway through a $1.4 billion, seven-year contract with broadcaster Mediapro. (See the 100 best TV shows of all time...
...buyout packages received a one-time retirement lump-sum payment equal to one year's annual salary, a "bridge benefit" of $750 per month until Social Security eligibility at age 62, and a waiver on the "rule of 75"--which stipulates that an employee's age plus service must equal 75--for retiree medical eligibility. He said that while most of the staff would leave the University by the end of June, some may remain for a few extra months in order to ensure a smooth transition.FAS Dean Michael D. Smith had announced in April that...
...other speeches, she has emphasized that her view of justice requires understanding the different perspectives of the clashing parties rather than imposing her individual perspective. In a public-service dinner at Columbia Law School in 1999, she said, "I am learning that to begin thinking about justice, you must constantly step out of the role you are in and not just listen to your adversaries but learn to respect and appreciate their perspectives." She added that prosecutors, defense attorneys and civil attorneys should appreciate one another's roles and practice in a fair and procedurally correct...
...happened, bits of glass came flying from everywhere." Khan's head is thickly wrapped in bandages, as are two fingers on his left hand. He lifts his shirt to reveal scars on his back. But the hotel staff cooking for the rooftop diners and entertaining them with live music must have suffered a great deal more, Khan says. "That portion of the roof," he recalls, "fell completely." (Read "Why the Car Bomb Is a Terrorist's Best Weapon...