England 276; Australia 258-5

MARK WAUGH was four minutes later into the world than his twin brother Steve, but six years later into his country’s Test team, which either suggests that the Australian team is rather more difficult to get into, or that England do not have a monopoly on recognising talent long after they ought to have done.
Mrs Waugh’s could not have been a more difficult delivery than the one England are awaiting against Australia – eight years and 17 matches is a long time to be in labour without producing anything – and yesterday her boys probably condemned them to spend at least one more match pacing up and down the paternity ward.When they came together in mid- afternoon, Australia (having been averaging 344 for their top four first-innings wickets) were struggling at 80 for 4, and there was an air of such optimism circulating here that the TCCB could have earned a few extra bob had its marketing men begun selling ‘Dexter Must Stay’ T-shirts.However, the two Waughs – who are a long way from being inseparable twins off the field – then turned Siamese with the bat, and England, unable to cope with a Waugh on two fronts, are once again back in the trenches. This contrasts starkly with the situation in eastern Germany where, despite the daily difficulties, nearly two thirds of people still view unification positively.The exploding costs of rebuilding the east, mainly in the form of transfers from the west – running at 180 billion deutschmarks ( pounds 62bn) this year – are the main cause of alarm among westerners, fearful of seeing their economic prosperity undermined. The tug-of-war over the Spratlys was also covered, as well as the threats to stability posed by Cambodia and Burma.Among confidence-building proposals which will be studied by officials are the exchange of defence white papers, a regional arms register – and Manila’s volleyball plan. ‘An external event (an earthquake or hurricane) could destabilise it and release a cloud of radio-active powder,’ the report said.Brice Lalonde, environment minister in the French Socialist government from 1988 to 1992, said he had been shocked on a recent visit to Ukraine to discover that the authorities had turned the site into a dollar-earner by providing tours for foreign tourists. But speak to any of the residents who were there on that appalling night and they will give you theories about how many more illegal immigrants perished in the inferno. It compared the Direct Line rate to four other personal loans – offered by the four financial institutions where I’m a customer,’ Mr Reynolds said.A Direct Line spokeswoman said a selection from the main banks and building societies was used for the illustrations.’It’s entirely a coincidence,’ she said. LARGE boards are cumbersome, unwieldy and turn board meetings into rubber-stamping occasions Such is conventional wisdom.

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