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The International Cricket Conference approved the principle of 'neutral' umpires more than two years ago, but declined to implement the scheme until it could fund the estimated pounds 500,000 per year costs with sponsors' cash.No one has yet been prepared to stump up this sort of money, but Britain's National Grid power company has now agreed to sponsor seven Test matches in Zimbabwe and South Africa this winter for an undisclosed amount.Bird will stand in two more Tests in Zimbabwe, against New Zealand on 22 October and 13 November, and his colleague, David Shepherd, will join the West Indian, Steve Bucknor, in the four South Africa versus India Tests between November and January.The sponsor, which is also funding the ICC match referees, will, in return, have its company logo displayed on the umpires' breast pockets. Aside from its business with Ratners and other multiple retailers, Abbeycrest managed to increase sales.It maintained its interim dividend at 1.2p a share.Full-year sales are expected to be little more than pounds 45m, from pounds 60m last year.Abbeycrest has spent about pounds 130,000 taking out credit insurance on its sales. Referee at world bowls championships in Worthing sacked for showing bias. But then he did two shows and he was good.I didn't have the hots for him until the end of the shoot. His first production was a one-man show based on the life of Muhammad Ali Ali was brought over for the opening night The play flopped.

Relate, the relationship guidance organisation, even sponsored a talk - appropriately enough for a play in which one marriage is remade and another falls apart. At that time, they differed from normal funds in that they not only bought shares that they thought would increase in value, but also took short positions in shares they thought would do badly. KEEPING the electorate confused seems a characteristic of the local election campaign. There was an occasion a couple of years ago when a young woman was suspended by her ankles over the Thames.

Lord Morris threatened to resign the Tory whip if the extraditions went ahead and Lord Longford and Lord Richard, Leader of the Opposition in the Lords, both objected.In a letter to Lords Longford and Richard, dated 27 April, Lord Wakeham says he cannot bind the Home Secretary to a decision allowing a debate on the women's plight, but he adds: '. It was said that he had been planning to assassinate Yasser Arafat, the PLO chairman; that he was being brought in 'for his own protection', after reports that he was on the Israeli wanted list.In fact, the Israelis had asked the Palestinians to investigate evidence that Abed was involved in the killing of two Israeli soldiers at Gaza's Eretz checkpoint three weeks ago. But if they made a picture called Shvartzers Can't Fly?'Still, as Mason himself proves, it is as foolish to imagine that PC has done away with white racism as it is to imagine that men no longer think nasty things about women. Britain's best, David Bedford, was fourth in a campaign which only occasionally sparked into aggression. There was also a cheer for the Royal Ocean Racing Club's Alan Green as he set courses yesterday over legs just 0.8 of a mile long. He joined the Kirov in 1946, where he was a principal character dancer for 18 years.

I hope now everything calms down a bit.'Stich considered that both the German federation and Pilic were culpable for not clarifying the situation sooner 'I respect Boris' decision. Sotheby's called the police last week when the buyer carried in the paintings, wrapped in black bin-liners, and asked for a valuation. Like the Maison Carree, it is a civic temple, but one dedicated to art, culture and learning - our modern gods - rather than to deified Roman dignitaries. Of course, he's got a glittering CV, has advised stacks of companies, and now works for Grant Thornton.

He raises two intriguing questions that address the core of the problem: (1) 'Over the years, the Arab struggle against Israel became the excuse for oppression. The Socialists walked out of negotiations first, although their Christian Democrat partners were prepared to talk longer, prompting an intra-union split that was hastily repaired to exert maximum pressure on the government yesterday.As the coalition partners work towards an acceptable compromise, they are aware that unless they can sell it to the Socialist wing, the government is likely to fall. The former group, on the other hand - what we may call the Clarkeists - said that she was not going to win and that they would not support her any further.This was tantamount to resignation: for, if Lady Thatcher had stood, and won, it is difficult to see how Mr Clarke at least could have remained in her Cabinet. On each side of the double bed, little towels were laid so that guests getting up did not have to touch the carpet with their bare feet. But although this model has rechargeable batteries for the parents' unit and a two-channel switch, testers thought that, considering its price, it lacked some useful features such as a light display. THE American veteran James 'Bonecrusher' Smith has been ruled out of Tuesday night's fight with Henry Akinwande, the British heavyweight, on medical grounds. Perhaps it is the aura of power that surrounds him.When Italian women think of our politicians, we at Flat Earth wonder what narcotic they imagine: stale tobacco, gunpowder tea? A bottle of wine to the reader who provides the best answer.