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I was disappointed by your article on Eton [June 26]. You stated that "the role of women is still peculiar" in the college. I call it outrageous! As you noted, Eton may be hiring more women teachers and naming its first female housemaster, but why doesn't the school accept...
George Orwell famously described the international sporting fixtures of the mid-1940s as "war minus the shooting." Looking at the newspaper back pages six decades later, his ghost would probably diagnose not an exercise in disguised nationalism but a series of deceptions practiced on a credulous public. Never, it seems...
Then disaster struck. Referee Markus Merk, considered one of the best in the world, awarded Ghana a penalty kick, harshly ruling that American defender Oguchi Onyewu had fouled Rozok Pimpong in the penalty box as the U.S. man tried to play a mis-hit clearance. Ghana captain Steven Appiah made...
Although U.S. players, not surprisingly, were bitter about the penalty kick that cost them the game, they also acknowledged that they hadn't done enough to win. "We didn't do our job either," said McBride, alluding to referee Merk's decision. McBride spent much of the contest futilely chasing...
As if Italy's own goal wasn't strange enough, soon after the night turned absolutely bizarre. In the 27th minute, Italy's Daniele De Rossi was tossed from the game for elbowing Brian McBride in the face - fortunately, McBride is used to these sorts of things. It meant, at...