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...that most employees had reported for work. Opinion polls show Toledo 's approval rating at less than 10%. MEANWHILE IN GERMANY ... Get Your Kit Off Two female Green Party politicians wrote to the German Football Association demanding that players not be penalized for taking off their shirts on the pitch. The pair were shocked to see Portugal 's Cristiano Ronaldo get yellow carded for baring his chest to celebrate scoring a goal against the Netherlands during Euro 2004, and launched a campaign on behalf of female fans keen to appreciate players' "athletic torsos." Purely from an aesthetic point of view...
...who’d witnessed the robbery. By this point we were grumpy and uncomfortable. We didn’t understand the wording of the law. It was a tacked-on charge, guaranteed not to affect the sentence. But no one wanted to back down. Arguments reached a fever pitch, and suddenly came a sharp rap on the door: Time to break for the day. The jury groaned, unanimously...
...also win points by watching cereal ads or movie trailers in the Disney theater. And they can fatten their Neopoints accounts by participating in marketing surveys. Universal Pictures recently ran a survey on the site to assess and build awareness of a forthcoming kids' movie, Two Brothers. Another pitch on the Neopets home page: click through to a website called Dealtime.com and compare such consumer electronics as Sharp and Sony camcorders, getting to know brands in the process...
...turning a profit after just four years in business, says Dohring. Neopia now exists in nine languages, including Chinese (Dutch is next). The company is growing with a line of merchandise, including stuffed animals, toys and a trading-card game. Fueling that growth is Dohring's advertising pitch, which has attracted some major, if reticent, clients. Disney, General Mills and Universal Pictures, contacted by TIME to discuss their business with Neopets, declined to comment. Asked about McDonald's association with the site, Kathy Pyle, the fast-food company's director of kids' marketing, said, "McDonald's wants to be integrated...
...enhancements for play-by-play coaching will most directly affect Harvard’s catchers, who, due to the current positioning of the dugouts, cannot look to the bench for pitch calls during the game since the umpire stands between the catcher’s box and Walsh’s seat in the dugout...