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...Playing matches abroad is not a new phenomenon - England's top teams have long engaged in pre-season warmups and other friendly games in the U.S., Asia and the Arab world, to whet the appetites of global fans and boost their own kitty. Current champions Manchester United netted a cool $2 million for playing a friendly game in Saudi Arabia just last month. But the new proposal involves competitive games on which a team's fortunes could rest, as compared to the strolling exhibition matches that have been offered abroad until...
...about the metal: the exhibits on the lower floor whet your appetite with such everyday items as tools, pottery and fabric used by the societies that crafted the gold. But it's the bling that everyone finds transfixing, and on my visit, sure enough, I began to feel a little hot, a little giddy, a little loco - a classic case of gold fever. www.banrep.gov.co/museo/
...leading the charge. Sony, too, is moving for the first time into dslrs with its Alpha dslr A100, which hit the market in July. The camera uses slr technology Sony acquired from Konica Minolta, and is selling for around $1,000, lens included. Companies think the dslr will whet the appetites of gadget lovers who will eat up higher-margin aftermarket treats, like lenses, flashes and cases. Sony, for one, offers 21 lenses for its new Alpha. Skeptics say that dslrs are a false hope, because most people consider them too complicated, big or pricey. IDC pegs them at around...
...kick some evil witch (Satan/Woman/Jew) butt! For in Narnia, it will be always be winter, but never Christmas. Hopefully the Pevensie children will be victorious, because Baby Jesus’s birthday is in less than three weeks and I plan on celebrating! So with this weekend to whet your appetites for a time-capsule of World 2005, I leave you all in peace with wishes of a merry Christmas and an illegal New Year. But before I go I must remind you to get your 12-year-old cousin the DVD of Lars von Trier?...
...purpose of the program is to get students used to living with original works of art so it may whet their own appetite for collecting when they realize how affordable prints actually are,” Dackerman says...