It is not often that you hear Aristophanes’ Lysistrata cited on a primetime comedy. Peter Ebdon was the outstanding figure in the opening week of the Embassy World Championship 12 months ago, his pony-tail a symbol for the new generation sweeping aside snooker’s establishment Last night he was just a first-round loser

The outcome was different, the opponent the same. Unrestricted movement of vaccinated animals already exists between numerous European countries without rabies spreading. Most have never had books written on them, in English or indeed any other language. The Chancellor could aim at broad balance, taking the economic cycle as a whole. If voters believe him then the congressmen who vote for Nafta may well lose their seats during next year’s mid-term elections.The Clinton administration appears to have blundered recently by trying to sell Nafta on the negative aspects of ‘economic security’.

HARDLY a week goes by in football without a controversy over a refereeing decision. THE Pools Panel are obliged to ‘sit’ in order to decide the result of all postponed matches on the coupons. Orrell’s frustration at their deepening line- out crisis and at seeing their nine- point interval lead wiped out in the space of 20 minutes finally appeared too much for Charles Cusani.It was Darren Garforth’s head that was on the receiving end from Cusani in the 72nd minute just after a fourth Jez Harris penalty had given Leicester a six-point cushion. I think we’re long past those malicious rumours that La Gran Scena is in fact a company of men in drag Perish the thought Hirsute howlers have no place on this stage, honey Just think of the rivalry. Signor Donati, who perhaps had similar powers, did not take his curtain call.Booing has always been more energetic in Italy, where opera is regarded as an athletic achievement and a singer missing a note is like a footballer fluffing a pass. Most wish Moscow, which is usually referred to simply as ‘the centre’, were on the other side of the galaxy. The punters, thousands of whom had flown in for a weekend at the tables, liked it, too.

A YOUNG single woman who kept her pregnancy a secret put her new-born baby in a rubbish sack and dumped her in a lake, a court was told yesterday. It will be available for screening by next Christmas.It is a mistake to think of films as cheap television. And in terms of status and earning potential, his life would have been very different.What then is the scope for one athlete sueing another in such situations? Sport and the law is a complex area, but athletes are increasingly prepared to explore it. My parents looked young, and my eldest sister, who is 40, regularly gets taken for someone in her twenties.’ Like Williams and Elliott, he suspects size matters: ‘Americans rarely look younger than they are, because they are all so big.’ And he supports David Weeks’s theory that attitude is crucial: ‘I’m very optimistic It sounds Pollyanna-ish, but it’s true. Somerset 202 and 88-6

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BY ALL probability Essex ought to defeat the leading pretenders to their crown by a good few streets today.

She added: ‘There is a bust in a suburb of Paris which I unveiled. Luc van den Brande’s ideas, always controversial in the country that this year introduced a new federal constitution designed to hold Belgium together, risk striking a chord with other regions in a European Union that for the first time gives regional government a legitimate political voice. There is also a problem in the 22-year age gap between Hopkins and Thompson. Hinting at a reluctance to screen QPR at a later date, when it might suit the club to be on television, Hill added: ‘When they go down the tunnel, it’s bye- bye QPR If they want to spit out the dummy, that’s their affair. Jean is advised, near the beginning, to ‘take advantage of the proof of his illness’ – it’s thanks to his tragic stigmata that he can finally learn how to love (fellow-sufferers might find this a dubious boon). This is what makes the counter-attack of the last few days against the Serious Fraud Office so odd, or is it a diversionary attack that for the moment has distracted most of the media?

I once followed Northern Ireland affairs closely, going to many conferences and meetings. The exception to this is in places like Leicester and Nottingham where there is still a large textile industry, based on small firms, where special schemes can be run, and it is easier to target.’Many Tecs see the creation of enterprise as a long haul, not only involving managers, which needs to start on the young.

However, Maloney is happy with Lewis’s frame of mind.’I'd like to personally thank Frank Bruno because he’s brought out the nastiness in Lennox, which we had always been looking for in his boxing. There was nothing I could do.’The children discussed the incident on the remaining part of the journey back to Hagley.’Some of the children were saying it might have been our minibus. A RETIRED police chief superintendent is suing the Chief Constable of Thames Valley, and the Thames Valley force, for false imprisonment. The benchmark official interest rate, the Fed Funds rate, stands at around 3 per cent.Mr Greenspan warned, however, that long-term US bond rates, at around 6.20 per cent, were priced higher than seemed to be justified by the present inflation figures. The mining industry, after all, disappeared in a flash.Heaven protect us from a government intent on going down in a blaze. A team of Ferranti senior managers, led by Phil Burton, which announced in December that it was bidding for these divisions said that its due diligence procedures had been postponed but that its bid remained on the table.
It is understood that GEC’s offer, of about pounds 100m, was well above the buyout team’s bid.Ferranti’s receivership was triggered at the beginning of December by GEC’s decision not to buy the whole company for 1p a share, having decided there were ‘black holes’ in the accounts.Arthur Andersen made 630 of the 3,000 employees redundant in December and has been negotiating with a number of potential buyers of the business.Ferranti’s defence operation is based at Bracknell, Newport Pagnell and Portsmouth, and employs 570 workers. I think they are just too gentle and fragile a phenomenon for such a fearsome Easter in early April.Who cannot be touched and moved by Dennis Potter’s determination to write his final screenplay while up against the ultimate deadline.