Tomas is going to have a lot of fun with the new coach. We are counting on him. We'll talk to him when he comes back.

I don't find this good. As a football pro, you have to know who your employer is and who pays you -- unfortunately this isn't an exception anymore.

The inextinguishable lesbian spark. You've surely heard about it? The one that was first ignited at Lesbos, because Sappho was so sad every time a young woman left the academy that she wrote her a poem. Fancy being sad because someone leaves! Perverted, that's what I call it. Don't you?

She is a stranger to most Germans. Many East Germans think of her as a West German, while West Germans think she is an East German.

The last few years have seen increasing interest, among intellectuals especially. Now with the Cup nearly here, the interest is high enough that people will go see the films.

Angela Merkel believes fiercely that Germany needs a freer, more individualistic society, and more market-oriented economy, precisely because she grew up in the very opposite -- in the communist east.