In Van Wert, ball-goers agree that there should be an event for the boys.

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Sponsors, including Wal-Mart and McDonald's in Van Wert, sometimes help pick up the tab for the events.

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Mr Wert said Spain must learn from German best practice to improve skills.

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Van Wert got its ball after the pastor and his wife moved from Albuquerque, where they had run another such event.

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The Van Wert ball is now in its second year, and has inspired two other nearby towns to begin their own.

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Spain's Education Minister, Jose Ignacio Wert, signed an agreement with his German counterpart in Stuttgart on Thursday, to give more Spaniards on-the-job training with German firms.

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Until thou hadst horses thou wert with us.

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So on a Tuesday in July my wife, Elizabeth, and I join Henningsen, fishing guide Aaron Wert, cook Chad Winstead, wrangler Stacie Potts and four other guests at the Specimen Creek Trailhead, 10 miles south of Big Sky.

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