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...Until gay sex was decriminalized in 1967, Britain's gay community protected itself against potential prosecution by conducting conversations in a special argot, Polari, a mixture of Italian, Romany and London slang. The British security services are eager to attract candidates with good language skills, but Polari isn't on the list. Still, Summerskill is so confident that MI5's diversity policies are sincere that the agency is listed in Stonewall's latest graduate recruitment guide as a gay-friendly employer. "This wouldn't be happening if we didn't think they were taking some strenuous steps to move forward...
Andrew Lauterstein, the Australian butterfly specialist who finished third to Phelps on Saturday, recognized the significance of being part not just of swimming but of sports history while he was on the medals stand with Phelps. "I was saying to myself, 'All right, Andrew, this is pretty special, so look around and try to remember this moment standing next to the world's greatest swimmer, someone who is trying to re-create history,' " he said. He wasn't the only medalist who was awestruck. "I feel privileged to be in an era with such a great swimmer," said Lauterstein...
...Anti-American sentiment is running high in both North and South Ossetia, especially among unpredictable and sometimes drunk irregulars. Asked why special restrictions seemed to apply to the movements of American journalists, a Kremlin spokesman said the Russian army could not guarantee their safety...
...Russian tank squats across the main road heading into the town of Gori, its turret pointing east toward the capital, Tbilisi. Three armored personnel carriers seal off the rest of the thruway; one churns up the asphalt and repositions itself in the bushes. A handful of Russian special forces crouch next to their rocket propelled grenade launchers and eye the Georgian positions a few hundred yards away. In the valley behind the Russian units, in Gori itself, a column of thick black smoke billows skyward...
Meanwhile, less than 100 m (about 300 ft.) from Russian positions outside Gori, Georgian special forces are dug in, waiting to move back into the city. Goga Gegenava is a special forces lieutenant, suited up with Russian- and Austrian-made weapons and American protective gear. He says they have reports of 4,000 Russian troops still in Georgian territory. "They are doing what they want. We have no control," he says, shrugging. "They have tanks, bombs, jets. We Georgians can't do anything about this." Behind him a winding column of thousands of Georgian troops and artillery units is nevertheless...