As I write this story I see a news alert that Germany will be banning naked shorts at mid-night today, and will not allow CDOs for their most important financial institutions.

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While I was at a Monday Night Football game at Seattle's Kingdome in the mid-80s, the endless commercial breaks awakened me to the extent the game had been handed over to the requirements of a television broadcast.

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Elsewhere, Hertha Berlin were held 0-0 at home by Borussia Moenchengladbach and new Hanover boss Mirko Slomka got off to a losing start when his side were beaten 1-0 at mid-table Mainz while Stuttgart edged a 1-0 away win over Freiburg on Friday night.

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His presentation might end mid-afternoon, but he would invariably stick around campus until late at night, talking with students.

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Sources close to Jackson told CNN that the insomniac singer traveled with an anesthesiologist who would "take him down" at night and "bring him back up" during a world tour in the mid-90s.

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Last week, sources close to Jackson said the insomniac singer traveled with an anesthesiologist who would "take him down" at night and "bring him back up" during the "HIStory" world tour in the mid-1990s.

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This image was taken mid-morning on a clear autumn day at Windsor Great Park, just outside London, after a long, damp night.

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