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...paraded in team colors all afternoon, the Austrians in red, the Germans in white, faces painted, voices and beers raised, not necessarily in that order. The taunting was good- natured, even orderly, and watched by "undercover" cops in civilian clothes topped by vests clearly marked "polizei." Clearly, they weren't expecting a rough crowd, but honor was certainly on the line. "If we lose tonight I can't go the office for four weeks," said Steven Riederer, 31, an American-born German living in Vienna. By game time, downtown Vienna had turned into one gigantic, smoky, outdoor beer hall...
...know if I still have a house. We're considering ourselves to be fairly lucky - we weren't part of the group that was told, 'Grab your toothbrush and get out.'... But it's still a pretty anxiety-producing event, not knowing where you are as far as your house is concerned. We may have lost everything...
After Kelly's acquittal, Cook County State's Attorney Richard A. Devine defended up his team's decision not to call the alleged victim, saying, "We weren't going to open new wounds." He added, "Child pornography can be extremely difficult to prove - especially because the victims may not consider themselves to be victims. But we, as a community, have to stand up for them even if they fail to come forward and state what the evidence makes clear...
...campaign manager, Scott Reed, Kemp was grumbling in GOP circles that he hadn't been given a speaking spot at the party's convention. So why did Dole pick him? "We were going for oxygen, heat and energy," Reed says. "We went through the traditional list, and we just weren't happy with what we were coming up with." Kemp later turned out to be far more complicated a partner than Dole or Reed had imagined...
...During the ensuing five-hour debate, a few MPs cat-napped while the remainder wrestled with questions of principle and power. They weren't concerned just with balancing civil liberties against the threat from terrorists, but also with a host of strategic calculations. The Conservatives were continuing a rebranding exercise, which Cameron initiated when he took over as leader in 2005, appropriating some of the values and preoccupations more traditionally associated with Labour, such as a focus on human rights. On the Labour benches, many of the Prime Minister's supporters worried that failure to win the day could precipitate...