The F-word was obvious even on the lips of those whose sportsmanship went unquestioned

The F-word was obvious even on the lips of those whose sportsmanship went unquestioned.This week, too, you could read about the penalty for code violation imposed on Andrea Gaudenzi, of Italy, after twice swearing in protest at decisions when losing to Goran Ivanisevic in the French Open tennis championships.Doubtless, there are people sensing with trepidation and disfavour further encroachments on propriety during the Wimbledon fortnight, the capacity of the over-paid and over-exposed to smash the restraints of something called the Establishment.The tone of sport in this decade is set by an elite corps, the best of the pros, that is to say by the richest games people: the stars who have sweated their way up to prodigious salaries, are admiringly interviewed by sycophants and receive the same adoring space as rock and television stars.Money has got to be a primary reason why today's stars are so difficult to control, blatant in their disrespect for authority and scornful of convention.Let's accept that times have changed. Everyone holds it up to the light and gazes thoughtfully at the watermark of a cartoon fox. Anna, having survived the evening, feels oddly strengthened, and decides to go abroad: 'she wondered how and where she was to go. 'This is my bogey tournament,' he said, 'and I've never done well here. Certainly he was a very political person, but also a very social person, excelling as a story-teller, who could be very funny indeed, reducing many of those who did not share his political opinions to gales of laughter. In his mumbling, good but not perfect German he declared himself 'a Jew openly declaring his love to Germany' Love was spelt out letter by letter. Daniel Vigne's The Return of Martin Guerre was over-praised, admittedly - for a story of love and death it was all rather flat, and groups of peasants had a tendency to burst into ribald laughter for no better reason than that this was rural France in the 16th century - but its central theme was unusual enough to persuade many viewers they were watching a profound meditation on human identity.

Alpines have a particular appeal to people with small gardens.'There are about a dozen seed collectors like me around the world, each covering a different area,' he says 'We try not to tread on each other's toes. The Lions' machinery, so slick the previous week, was shunted back. Sir: What other country would sentence its orphan children for 20 years to hard labour in the colonies, in the same way that adult criminals were dealt with in Dickensian times? I suppose the same country that sends children to boarding schools to learn the habit of the stiff upper lip. Sincerely,ROBERT MONTAGUEvershot, Dorset17 July. It is true there have been few attacks on the UN outside south Mogadishu but almost no non-Somalis travel by road anywhere in Somalia and non- UN aid agencies will not use UN protection vehicles, because they feel it makes them vulnerable to attack.

The Los Angeles police, who were thrown into paralysing chaos the moment the riots erupted, had fled the scene before his beating, fearful for their safety. The PLO-Israeli negotiations on implementing autonomy under way in Cairo, the Egyptian town of El Arish and Paris have made progress only on the transfer of civilian powers to the Palestinians. The eruption of violent protests in the Gaza Strip over the past day and a half after an Israeli undercover unit killed the commander of the military wing of Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement, has underlined how volatile is the atmosphere. The factory prided itself on its ability to delay explosions. David Nicholson, the winning trainer, felt this performance crowned the 22-year-old's emergence as the best rider since the War. 126Fall: 1-15 2-24 3-43 4-124.Did not bat: S J Rhodes, R D B Croft, D Gough, M C Ilott, P M Such.Bowling: Pringle 8-1-17-1; Martyn 15-6-23- 3; Eksteen 19-8-28-0; Simons 5-0-16-0; Crookes 9-0-27-0; Kuiper 4-1-12-0.Umpires: C Mitchley and B Lambson.. For if we take it on trust that Mr Portillo, considered as a whole unit, is an intelligent human being, what is the source of this dysfunction? Why does he act like an idiot?It is sometimes said that his having a Spanish father makes him want to compensate.

TSB values its student customers very highly and will always try to be as accommodating as possible. In its heyday, the port of Manchester handled 5 per cent of British trade. The average age of the 709th division, for example, was 36 - 10 years older than the average American soldier. I resist the label, partly out of a natural inclination to bob and weave as soon as a label of any kind comes winging my way, partly because a large bottle of Roundup weedkiller will always stand between me and defenders of the True Faith.And there is a troubling tendency among OGs to assume that if a garden is organic, it does not need to be anything else. Hull 14 Hull Kingston Rovers. A winding-up order is due to be heard on 12 October, when liquidation is a very real possibility.Graham Carr, formerly in charge at Northampton Town and Maidstone United, is now Kettering's acting manager.

Thirteen years of neglecting manufacturing industry (oil would pay the bills) left an industrial base too weak to withstand the next phase of recession and high interest rates. A booklet, Pensions for Women: Finding the Perfect Match, written by the team, covers career breaks, part-time working and divorce.The booklet is available free from Towry Law, 57 High Street, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 1LX Telephone 0753 868244.. John Major speaks in his special cross voice; 'An angry John Major yesterday lashed out. THE DRESS is the undisputed essential garment for this summer. I have just been looking at a pamphlet published by the West Region when we were both producers there. And if certain people working in Pakistan's customs service ever fancy a career change, they could probably make it as Hollywood scriptwriters..