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...change will become official when a Jan. 13 flight from London Heathrow to Rome Fiumicino takes off. The plane making the trip will have the familiar red and green stripes on its tail, and the crew will sport their old uniform pins. But this will be the "new" Alitalia, under private ownership, merged with upstart competitor Air One, and now partly owned by its French-Dutch rival. No more Futurist paintings to be sure, but perhaps Alitalia once again has a future...
...game of power and pleasure. And these men play to win!" All details pertaining to rugby-related matters - from the inside of a locker room to the typical day of a p.r. woman at Twickenham - were fact-checked with the Rugby Football Union (RFU), the body that governs the sport in England...
...Boon - they sell one book every three seconds in the U.K., which amounts to around 10.5 million per year - provides an opening to expand its fan base. They hope the series will arouse excitement among rugby moms who cart their children to and from practices, and perhaps introduce the sport to the uninitiated. "The beauty of rugby is that you have every shape and size of hunky man," says Jane Barron, licensing and marketing manager for the RFU. "And just think of the different positions!" Mills & Boon have happily jumped in bed with the RFU because, Hutton says, they want...
...turn into much of a hockey game.”In five of the Crimson’s last nine losses, the opposing team secured the lead in the first frame.“It takes the life right out of these guys, no matter what sport, if you fall behind early,” senior co-captain Jimmy Fraser said. “It’s tough to come back, and unfortunately that was the case again tonight.”On the other hand, when Harvard has led at the first intermission—for example, against...
...athletes secure larger, longer contracts out of school and as scouts even turn their attention to high school prospects, the last thing we need is less authentic, respectful celebration. Instead of discouraging manifestations of joy and excitement on the field, the NCAA should applaud them as true elements of sport that remain in an association that becomes more commercial with each passing season...