Today, 28 December 2000, Afternoon Edition

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    11 1 TODAY T h U r S (1 £1V December 28, 2000
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      62 1 AFP NASDAQ is up 45.84 points, or 1.84 percent, to close at 2,539.36 but it is still heading toward registering its worst year on record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 110.72 points, or 1.04 percent, ending the day at 10,803.16, while the broader Standard and Poor's 500 was
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      Elite civil servants to manage CDCs
      509 1  -  Kim-Kynn Tan Political motives questioned, but Pari Sec defends move b> kiin i. i I cor j ALL Community Development Councils (CDCs) will be managed by the nation's elite public servants. Administrati'. c Officers, the a erne de la .teme of the civil service,
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      Lock icon Dad threatens to drown baby
      71 1 -c ADELAIDE A man carried his baby daughter deep into the surf and will now appear in court for allegedly threatening to kill the seven-month-old baby and himself, reported the BBC. After half an hour, the 28-year-old man handed the screaming child over to a
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      Will the government allow SEX on the roads?
      190 1 SEX on wheels. Perhaps, in four years' time, if the authorities alloy- 11 Now, before you allow your mind to wonder deeper into the gutler, thi is what it's all about number plates. That's when the current SD series roes into the
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Next: Green cars
      435 2 Electric cars will catch on in Singapore, say industry watchers SINGAPORE will most likely take to green cars. Industry watchers told Channel XewsAsia that electric and hybrid cars are the way to go here and overseas They foiecast that environmentally friendly cars will make up half of
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      Lock icon 7 killed in dotcom shooting spree
      294 2 Agencies WAKEFIELD (Massachussetts) ii was dotcom stress with a difference for Ed^ewater Imology employe on Ti -;day morning. 1 lit -c coworker Mid i ott (te 1 tted for pork and opened fire with an A' 17 a; ult rifle, a shotgun and a
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      Lock icon Indonesians spend Hari Raya in fear of violence
      282 2 Agencies INDONESIANS celebrated Hari Raya yesterday amidst the fear that violence could erupt anytime. Security guards who searched bags and used metal detectors to frisk thousands of worshippers in the major mosques in Jakarta added to the nervousness. Most tightly guarded was
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      Lock icon Temple thieves
      462 3  -  David Ngiau N ne arrested, but problem still plagues devotees by a <■~-, s IT was the first day of the month on the Chinese lunar calendar and sure enough the worshipper-, thronged to the Kwan Vim temple on Waterloo Street. So did the pickpockets, as is the
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      Lock icon Istana open house -the host's main attraction
      98 3 ELECTRICIAN Shane O'Byrne from Perth, wilh his 73, Top beard, caught the eye qJ President SR Nathan yes- i-riay. According to Mr OTJynje, ttu President stopped to ask a couple of (jcestions about his beard and even joked that tie should be areful
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      Pageants coming live' to Singapore in 2001
      201 3  -  Elaine Quek by ela: iiewstoday.coni.sg FOR the first time ever on television, we are going to witness the Miss Singapore/Universe 2001 pageant "live" next March. MediaCorp Studios has signed a contract with Derrol Stepenny Promotions to co-present not only this pageant, hut also
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      India sees red
      497 4 High-security military base beaten by one man NEW DELHI India's vii t h< jame with militancy continued yesterday as the police tracked ami shot down a man who had stormed the Red ort, a high-security area which serves i tli. 'iiue for the Prime Minister' liiih iirlencc
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      Lock icon New air emission standards
      147 4 THE Environment Ministry will rev' air tah ion standards foi mdurslnes from Jan l.t help reduce air ftffitaaicms and ensu tl Singapore's ait qualie- i <\. 1 h- r< i id standards will be liated in a new legislation tD be known as the L di
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      Baby locked in balcony
      119 4 PERHAPS he whs 100 eager to go on his outing. So c" ci tl it ne did not o hid- through the Oil! 00] t 111, 11 month-old baby walked i.hi'f>ugh not trading Ut ith balcony-rurncd-foom. in lus Ilylbnd home -it 10.2 today morning, and son.
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      Lock icon Movie deaths condemned
      115 4 AFP KATHMANDi; The Human Rights and Pea 'Si etf (HURFES) conn, .micd day list- killing ol tour students j i c ia pa ked by alleged anti-N'ep i vks of an Indian s'ar The group also demanded an inquiry into the in Home Mlnistrj >ffin. I laid
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      Adults should get vaccinated, too
      581 6  -  Leong Phei Phei High prices and complacence deter many from getting immunised by 11 i&newsto, VACCINATIONS do not end with the Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) shot you get in primary school. That shot profs is you against tuberculosis. i',ut there is a whole of disc;"-. out
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      Bus fare hike not followed by 'better service'
      249 6  -  Narayana Narayana WHEN the authorities approved Mie hike in public transportation fares a few months ago, the transport companies trotted out the usual platitudes that the fare increases were essential to maintain and improve services to commuters. I have made constant pleas
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      Amend Constitution to extend justice
      224 6  -  R Vishdi Tiu/ary I REFER to the letter FotaUfsa to dt b ISA Today, Dec 23). I beg to differ with the writer on the point that the Government does not wan to "concede" to the opposition in amend i he Internal Security Act (ISA).
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      Why package tours included in CPI?
      86 6  -  Naray.-sna Narayana TO the many c' j s who thought the Consumer Price mdes (CPI) was a barometer of t of staples jk^ rice, sui^ar and othej basic commoc: and c; c tial .vices such as transport and utilities, it sounds a little farcical
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      248 3 Thai graft-busters accused of graft BANGKOK Perhaps a sign of bow deep corruption runs in Thailand, its Hh- Lai anti-graft body, which indict d Thai Rak Thai leader Thaksin Sliinawatra on Tuesday, was itself accused of graft E. rday. Three of its nine commissioners were accused f io iting anti-corruption
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      145 4 READ 0N... Adults should get vaccinated too High prices and complacence deter many from getting immunised/A 2000 leaves Asia reeling Asian icck markets fell between 1 3 and 5 1 per cent this year/ 8 And the winner is... US tabacco firm Philip Morris was the top performer on the
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      2000 leaves Asia reeling
      624 8  -  Kevin Scully Time to break free from Dow and Nasdaq? by THIS year was a bad one for Asian equities with most of the major markets down between 13 per cent and 51 per cent. The Singapore market was not spared with the STI index down
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      Tokyo's three-day stock rally fizzles out with Nasdaq fall
      372 8 TOKYO stocks snapped a three-day rally yesterday, retreating amid disappointment at a post-holi-day decline on the US Nasdaq index and renewed fears over the direction of Japan's economy. The benchmark Nikkei average eased 26.36 points or 0.19 per cent to 13,981.49,
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      GDP data on Tuesday
      89 8 SINGAPORE will release the fourth-quarter advance gross domestic product estimates at 8 am on Tuesday. Advance GDP estimates are compiled largely from two months' data with the exception of merchandise trade, for which three months' data are available. The numbers, divided into goods-producing industries and service-producing
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      Lock icon And the winner is...
      686 10 -Bloomberg News US tobacco firm Philip Morris does the best, AT&T the worst BOSTON Guess which stock on the Dow Jones Industrial Average did the best this year? If you said tobacco firm Philip Morris, which is up 92 per cent, you're absolutely spot on. The
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      Lock icon Japan's latest output worse than expected
      283 10 -Reuters TOKYO Japan's industrial production fell in November, underscoring a slowdown in the corporate sector that has been the main engine of growth in its fragile economic recovery. Output fell 0.8 per cent from October on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Ministry of International
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      Lock icon No buyout: Nintendo
      137 10 Reuters TOKYO The president of Nintendo Co Ltd has denied his company was in talks to buy Japanese video game maker Sega Corp for about US$2 billion. "There is absolutely no chance that Nintendo will buy Sega," Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi said in a statement. Nintendo is
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Panic Down Under
      378 11 Agencies Fears about Mir as Australia is shaken by 'coffee-cup' meteorite SYDNEY Thousands of Australians were jolted from their sleep on Tuesday night by powerful explosions in the sky, sonic boom-type noises and flare-like lights which raged for two hours. Their hearts raced as they feared the
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      Radio silence sparks scare
      182 11 LONDON Technical problems with the Russian space station Mir could lead to the world's most disastrous space accident, a British expert said Tuesday. Professor Andre Balogh told the Times of London that the 15-year-old station could crash to Earth in a fireball if Russian mission control,
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      Lock icon Locust cookies, anyone?
      150 11 -AFP LIMA Some enterprising Peruvians have taken a plague of locusts in stride by turning the pests that feed off their crops into food for animals and themselves. In the town of Maizhondo, villagers have discovered a range of ways to harvest and prepare the pests to
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      Lock icon Last cry for peace
      466 12 Agencies Clinton's final offer before leaving office JERUSALEM Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is coming under an intense international pressure to support a United States-sponsored proposal to end his conflict with Israel, which has offered to accept the plan. The challenge came as Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud
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      Lock icon Coca-Cola promoting milk beverage as well?
      132 12 -AFP NEW YORK Soft-drink giant Coca-Cola is considering an initiative to market milk beverages. This is part of a campaign targeting children under the age of 12, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Citing a Coke official, the paper said the company would
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      Lock icon Madonna in hubby's movie?
      159 12 Reuters LONDON Madonna has been given a late wedding gift by her new husband, British film director Guy Ritchie she is to be the star of his next film. The pop singer, who tied the knot with Ritchie in Scotland three days before Christmas, will take
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      Lock icon Fire sinks Taiwanese ship
      129 12 AFP HANOI A Taiwanese cargo ship which caught fire off the southern Vietnamese city of Vung Tau was sinking after the blaze began to spread to its engine room, rescue officials said yesterday. The 6,788-tonne cargo ship, Melati, began to tilt and sink despite overnight efforts
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      European economies to move ahead of US
      250 12 LONDON Europe is set to outpace America for the first time in a decade, achieving growth next year of around 3.25 per cent, against a figure of 2.75 per cent or less in the US, according to international economists. The switch in the
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      Lock icon Time to say goodbye?
      403 13 Thaksin's popularity crashes after indictment BANGKOK Thaksin Shinawatra's popularity has taken a battering following his indictment by the national graft body, and pressure is growing on the telecoms tycoon to give up his bid for the premiership. The poll of 1,425 Bangkok residents by Bangkok's Assumption
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      Lock icon Thais seize 4,000 snakes
      170 13 -AFP BANGKOK Thai customs yesterday confiscated about 4,000 snakes, including many endangered species, that were being smuggled out of Bangkok's international airport, customs officials said. Acting on a tip from investigators, officials at the airport's clearing house searched 176 boxes bound for Vietnam and found cobras
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      $1.3 million gone in 2 minutes
      265 13 SEREMBAN Last minute Hari Raya shoppers at Wisma Punca Emas had a rude shock when a group of six armed robbers stormed the shop and escaped with more than RM3 million (551,365,300) in jewellery yesterday, reported the Malay Mail. The heist left two security
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      Lock icon South Korean riot police disband striking bank workers
      171 13 Reuters SEOUL South Korean riot police yesterday dispersed thousands of striking bank workers at a bank training centre protesting against plans to merge two of the country's biggest banks. Riot police clashed with about 300 unionists in fisticuffs when they forcibly entered
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      Wonder of it all!
      352 20  -  Elaine Quek FILM REVIEW Wonder BoyS (Opening soon) A 50-year-old professor comes of age by elaine@newstoday.com.sg YOU and I can very well be wonder boys in the making. A wonder boy is one who has had great success earlier in life but who goes through the
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      2 15 Tv Listings
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      845 16 Ml m^ The Four Seasons A m\\\\\\\ mt Arts Central, 10 pm A/kn&. o^**^ WL\Aw \l\\\. This ballet, set to Vivaldi's celebrated score, describes the MORNING B I m^^ four seasons in a man's life -from the exuberance and 6.00 am Headlines L^^^* vigor of youth in spring to the
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      1 18 SIIOWCASE
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      733 18 Days before school starts... Compiled by Rosalind Png Charity Rear Hue rosalind@newstoday.com.sg t-naniy Bear tlUg Today till Feb 8, 2001 Park Mall's East Atrium Snow City Jackie, the owner of Jackie Daily Teddy Bear, will be auction--10 am 9 pm ing five of her favourite Snow City, next to Science
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      1288 19 EW TOA PAYOH Little Nicky: 12.45pm, 5 Gen-Y Cops (M): 11.50 am, 2.10pm, A Fighter's Blues (M): 11.30 am, Meet The Parents: 10.30 am, 12.45pm, 4.30, 6.50, 9.20 1.30pm, 3.30, 5.30, 7.30, 9.30 3, 5.15, 7.30, 9.45. midnight Meet The Parents: 1.35pm, 2.15, China Strike Force (M): 1.20pm, The sixth
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  • RELAX
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      Lock icon Hollywood Tong
      1018 21  -  Douglas Tseng China Strike Force is Stanley Tong's first feature film in nearly three years. He talks about his Hollywood experience with Martial Law, the ill-fated US debut of Mr Magoo, the casting of rapper Coolio in China Strike Force and what pisses him off the most on
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      Lock icon Screensaver in the SKY
      568 22  -  David Ngiau Star Hub Lightship to thrill crowds at Suntec City on New Year's Eve by david@newstoday.com.sg SINCE August, when it took up residence at Marina Bay, the Star Hub Lightship has become welcome feature of the Singapore skyline. Day in, day out, the Lightship circles,
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      1999 Redux
      515 23  -  Edmund T Shern NOT SAY I WANT TO SAY Hey the end of the world didn't come in 1999, so what about OK. CONFESSION time. In 1999,1 did not party like it was 1999. I'm not even sure artist-formally-known-as-prince-but-is-now-not-really-known-much-at-all partied like it was 1999. Of course, the whole
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      Surviving a loss and helping those who are grieving to cope
      726 23  -  Vivienne Khoo by vivienne@joyears.com FOREX trader, Larry Cheng, 36, lost his wife Jean Tan Chwee Hong in the 1997 Silk Air crash in Palembang, Indonesia. He shares what he went through in the hope that it will help those
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Sixers get the job done
      398 24 Even without injured Iverson NBA Sixers 97 Utah Jazz 91 SALT LAKE CITY Aaron McKie stepped in for the injured Allen Iverson, scoring a season-high 24 points as the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Utah Jazz 97-91, ending a 12-year losing streak in Utah. Iverson partially
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      Lock icon Minnesota Timberwolves avoid another collapse
      442 24 -Reuters Timberwolves 100 Raptors 97 MINNEAPOLIS The Toronto Raptors figured they just ran out of time, and the Minnesota Timberwolves were glad for that after another near meltdown. "It was very similar to our last few games," said Minnesota coach Flip Saunders. "Excellent for three
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      Schumacher
      484 25  -  Leonard Thomas Our AtoZ series on great sporting moments of 2000 continues today with a driving great, a troubled coach, some great upsets and a woman named Venus. by leonard@newstoday.com.sg SIMPLY stunning Schumacher. Michael Schumacher is unquestionably the greatest driver of his era. Not because he roared to his
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      Trouble
      251 25  -  Leonard Thomas T IS for Trouble, Thailand and the Tiger Cup. Trouble dogged the Lions ana its coach Vincent Subramaniam no eno in the November Tiget Cup. Held m Thailand, Singapore went inu. the tournament as the defending champion. It bowed out ignominiously, failing to even make the last
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      Upsets
      112 26 UPSETS were plentiful in 2000. But, nothing can compare to what Rulon Gardner (left, in blue) and Noah Ngenyi (right, in red) achieved at the Olympics. They did the unthinkable. They beat the unbeatable. Alexander Karelin, universally considered the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler of all time, was a man who
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      Venus Williams
      608 26  -  Leonard Thomas by leonard@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Richard Williams predicted not too long ago that his daughters would one day rule the tennis world, many scoffed at him. Today, the one smiling broadly is father Williams, content in the knowledge that Venus and Serena have won three out of the
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      Lock icon At home, these Gunners are kings
      831 27 -AFP But manager Wenger puzzled about away form English Premier League Arsenal 6 Leicester 1 LONDON Can Arsenal only play at Highbury? It seems so. After suffering one of its most humiliating defeats a 4-0 drubbing at Anfield on Saturday Arsenal turned its fortunes
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      Lock icon Venables magic
      365 28 Anfield side back to square one after shock defeat English Premier League Boro 1 Liverpool 0 TEESIDE Terry Venables is beginning to turn it on at Middlesbrough. Christian Karembeu grabbed the winner yesterday against inform Liverpool at the Riverside Stadium with a goal four minutes before the break.
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      It's Solskjaer...again
      293 28 Aston Villa 0 Man Utd 1 BIRMINGHAM Aston Villa manager John Gregory believes the Premier League title is "a foregone conclusion" for Manchester United after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's (right) late goal earned it victory at Villa Park. The Red Devils briefly saw its lead cut to five points
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      When will he go?
      1045 29  -  Harry Harris Poor health could force Graham out earlier than most expect by harry@newstoday.com.sg HOW long George Graham (above, left) will continue as Spurs coach is a question intriguing its fans. There is a growing feeling that he might consider quitting Spurs at the end of
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      Anand's mating-net
      733 30  -  Rahul Pathak The over-eager young kid has been replaced by a confident, aggressive man by rahul@newstoday.com.sg I DARESAY Vishwanathan Anand (right) remembers me. I say this not because I was especially close to him or particularly good at chess. I am sure he remembers me because the new
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      Lock icon West Indies stall the inevitable
      281 30 AFP Cricket MELBOURNE The West Indies squeezed past the follow-on to stall Australia's relentless charge for another comprehensive win and its record 14th on the trot in a dramatic finish to the second day of the fourth cricket Test yesterday. Chasing Australia's first innings 364,
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Scholes salvo
        308 31 First current player to blast appointment of foreign coach LONDON Paul Schoies (right) has become the first current England player to criticise the appointment of a foreign coach in tead of caretaker Peter Taylor. boles -.aid: "I'd like lo see the England team with an English manager. "1
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