• All too often, the board words the performance criteria in "babel-speak, " says John Kapitan, senior vice president at Stern Stewart, a shareholder-value consultancy in New York.

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  • And the open-air Globe theatre on the South Bank will stage a six-week, Babel-flouting programme of all 37 plays in 37 different languages, beginning on April 23rd (Shakespeare's birthday).

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  • There was no such profligacy from Babel in first-half injury time when his downward header bounced into the top corner to put Liverpool on level terms.

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  • It has sold almost twice as many copies in its opening week as the fastest-selling album by a single artist - Babel by Mumford and Sons, which shifted 158, 000 copies when it came out in September.

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  • Peter Crouch should have done better than direct a fifth-minute header wide, and Babel curled a fine right-foot effort against an upright three minutes later.

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  • And Babel's first-half equaliser to cancel out Danko Lazovic's opener was also Liverpool's 300th goal in the European Cup.

    BBC: Benitez thrilled by young players

  • "You have Maxi Rodriguez, David Ngog, Ryan Babel, Joe Cole - they are quality players and it is a very strong squad and they look organised, " he said.

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  • Ngog also replaced Torres in the closing stages of the Europa League game with Benfica after the Spaniard was deployed as a lone striker following Ryan Babel's first-half dismissal.

    BBC: Rafael Benitez defends his decision to take off Torres

  • The goal gave Liverpool a further injection of confidence and they dominated the early stages of the second half, with Ryan Babel fizzing a 25-yard shot just wide after 58 minutes.

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  • Detractors, however, saw a pretentious pan-Asian Babel.

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  • Aquilani placed a shot just wide after an overhead ball from Ryan Babel was only half-cleared but Hull did create a chance of their own when Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink bulldozed through the Liverpool defence before heading straight at Pepe Reina.

    BBC: Hull 0-0 Liverpool

  • Gustavo Santaolalla, Babel: On this seemingly-improvised score, it's hard to tell where the director's soundtrack ends and the composer's contribution begins.

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  • Ferguson and Benitez made a single change each to their teams, with Park replacing Dimitar Berbatov for United and Maxi Rodriguez coming in for Ryan Babel in the Liverpool line-up.

    BBC: Man Utd 2-1 Liverpool

  • At half-time Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez tweaked his formation to a 4-3-3, pushing Babel closer to the front two and freeing Yossi Benayoun in midfield.

    BBC: Luton 1-1 Liverpool

  • Steven Gerrard's cross flew it to make it 4-1 before Ryan Babel tapped in Dirk Kuyt's cross and then unknowingly deflected in Albert Riera's late shot.

    BBC: Liverpool 6-1 Hull

  • This change had an immediate impact as Xabi Alonso found Kuyt out on the right and his drilled cross-shot just evaded Babel at the back post.

    BBC: Luton 1-1 Liverpool

  • Liverpool's wide players, Yossi Benayoun and Ryan Babel, also found the going tough - as did Blackburn's wingers Morten Gamst Pedersen and Bentley.

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  • Babel raises the question of the universal-language instinct.

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  • Liverpool's three-pronged attack of Ryan Babel, Dirk Kuyt and Torres were moving the ball around crisply and a second goal almost arrived after a Gerrard corner, but keeper Mickael Landreau was alert to Daniel Agger's flicked header.

    BBC: Liverpool 3-0 Lille (agg 3-1)

  • But the visitors effectively secured their passage to the next round with Babel's fine strike just before half-time.

    BBC: Unirea 1-3 Liverpool (agg 1-4)

  • But as they threw men forward Babel raced clear to slot home a fourth - and perhaps ease the pain of a contentious penalty decision.

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  • Houllier admitted that conceding two goals in the opening 16 minutes at Anfield, with one each from makeshift strike-force David Ngog and Ryan Babel, made things very tough for his young side.

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  • Best supporting actor could go to Brad Pitt for Babel, but my money is on Jack Nicholson for The Departed - Oscar just loves Jacky!

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  • Movies about intertwined lives often suffer from the gimmick that's supposed to sustain them: Two examples of recent years, "Crash" and "Babel, " piled on fateful connections to the point of self-parody.

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  • Babel was a member of the Dutch team that won the European Under-21 Championship in June and he has been capped 14 times by the full Dutch team.

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  • Babel later apologised for the post but it was not enough for the 24-year-old to escape punishment on Monday.

    BBC: Liverpool's Ryan Babel fined ?10,000 for Twitter post

  • Jamie Carragher and Ryan Babel had reasonable chances, while Torres and John Arne Riise were thwarted by some well-timed tackles.

    BBC: CHOOSE A SPORT

  • "We got a penalty two years ago in the quarter-final of the Champions League at Liverpool that made the difference when Ryan Babel dived, " said the Frenchman.

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  • Liverpool quelled the growing Napoli tide as the game opened up and Babel had a great opportunity after again being played in by Jovanovic but had his side-footed attempt saved by the foot of keeper Morgan De Sanctis.

    BBC: Napoli 0-0 Liverpool

  • Babel also had a shot deflected wide before he broke Luton's brave resistance in first-half injury time.

    BBC: CHOOSE A SPORT

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