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...worry, for those who guard the monarchy, is whether Harry is doomed to repeat himself. The temptations--harder drugs, indiscreet women--are infinite, while his future occupation is a yawning void: if not a polo-playing, ribbon-cutting, organic farmer like his dad, what will he become? The younger siblings in royal families "are almost always neglected," says Harold Brooks-Baker, publishing director of Burke's Peerage. "Instead of going to pubs on the holidays, he should be meeting heads of state, learning the ropes. He needs training to take the throne if he's called on, and to earn...
...that was just Phase I. By the late 1980s, the youth systems of many pro clubs had got so good that the INF's role as a talent incubator had become somewhat obsolete. So it launched programs to catch 'em even younger: 14 to 15-year-olds began receiving technique and ball-control instruction, awaiting the more physical training of the pro centers. "The result was that, before long, youngsters began entering pro training programs with technical skills no one had seen so early before," recalls FFF official Philippe Tournon...
...year, losing to eventual champion Argentina. Many of the junior players are already on the wish-lists of top European clubs. Didier Deschamps, who captained the all-conquering senior squad until his retirement last year, says, "What should be scaring other nations is that our development system is producing younger generations just as good" as Zidane and company...
...brainpower--at least in rats. When fed blueberry extract for nine weeks, elderly rats outperformed a control group at such tasks as navigating mazes and balancing on rotating logs. And when aging rats ate a blueberry-enriched diet for four months, they performed as well in memory tests as younger rats. Another blueberry benefit: like cranberries, they seem to fight off urinary-tract infections by preventing E. coli bacteria from adhering to the bladder wall...
Although Merkel, 47, had served as a Minister of the Environment under former Chancellor Helmut Kohl and had the support of younger and female members of the CDU, she was never able to shake the image of being inexperienced in government. She took over as CDU chairwoman only two years ago, when the party became mired in a slush-fund scandal. (Last week Stoiber became entangled in a campaign-funding controversy about the way his party raised money by selling subscriptions to the CSU newspaper. A prosecutor in Munich quickly said the party had not broken...