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Speaker's corner
Suspected drunk drivers in Britain are sometimes asked to try to say, without slurring: "The Leith Police dismisseth us". That was the Leith Police's only claim to fame until now. Now they are all over the internet after somebody leaked some e-mails between the Leith Police and an irate citizen. The correspondence began: Dear Sir/madam/automated telephone answering service. Having spent the past 20 minutes waiting for Leith Police Station to pick up a telephone, I have decided to try e-mailing. Perhaps you would be so kind as to pass this message on to your colleagues by means of smoke signal, carrier pigeon or ouji board. As I'm writing there are 11 failed medical experiments (I think you call them youths) in West Cromwell Street who seem happy to play a game which involves kicking a football against an iron gate with the force of a meteorite.
Unconvincing victory over Italy will do little to calm fans’ fears
Nine days ago, England would have lost that match. Their composure would have gone, they would have folded and they would have subsided to their first defeat to the Italians. That was the analysis of Brian Ashton, the England head coach. Contrary, surely, to pretty much everyone else in the stadium or in front of their televisions, he reported that he did not at any stage sit there thinking: "Jesus Christ, we’re going to throw this one away." Others may need more evidence, but Ashton’s point is that England are on a progress curve. From nine days ago against Wales, they have found an inner metal, a composure and a steeliness in defence. Nine days ago, they lacked that and lost; yesterday that element of mental tenacity was the difference. "It’s pretty well documented that we folded last week," he said, "and I don’t think we did this time.
Microsoft's tardiness for documentation extends DOJ oversight to 2009
Scathing words yesterday from the federal judge overseeing Microsoft's compliance with its antitrust decree, accompanied an order that effectively extends the DOJ's oversight period into the next US presidential administration. Apparently agreeing with the European Commission's assessment that Microsoft has yet to provide adequate documentation for its communications protocols, US District Judge Kathleen Kollar-Kotelly issued an order yesterday extending the Dept. of Justice's oversight period for the company by two years, until November 12, 2009. .
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