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...however, the cream of the world's players all tend to play their professional soccer in European clubs, where they're expected to conform to the discipline of the local coaching system. Not that individual skill and flair is completely knocked out of Brazilians turning out in England or Spain, simply that it's placed within the frame of a large, more disciplined and organized team effort. The European clubs seek the silky ball handling skills, speed and unpredictability of players who play the Brazilian game - whether from Latin America, Africa or even France or Portugal...
...Festival, which runs from Aug. 15 to Sept. 5, appeals to the highbrow set. This year's 160 performances include everything from a new production of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice to Paul Claudel's Le Soulier de Satin, an 11-hour epic play set in 15th century Spain. Both the Hanover State Opera and Cleveland Orchestra will be in town. And there's a major retrospective of Antony Tudor's choreography...
Maria Garcia is as hip as any 11-year-old in Seoul, Seattle or Sydney. Here at the Lomada School on La Gomera, the second-smallest of Spain's seven Canary Islands, she has a cell phone tucked into the waistband of her trousers, which leave a fashionably bare patch of tanned tummy. But Maria and her classmates are also masters of a form of low-tech communication that doesn't require batteries or microwaves. Along with about 1,800 other schoolchildren on this rugged volcanic island, Maria is a student of El Silbo, the Gomera whistle, a substitute language...
...While you don't need the services of a specialist to enjoy the old Czarist summer gardens at Peterhof in St. Petersburg or the alluring Moorish gardens in Granada, Spain, expert help can get you past some lesser-known garden walls. The private estancias of Uruguay or the hidden villas of Italy, for example, offer gardens all the more exquisite because they are almost never opened to the public. "A garden is most appreciated when it is peaceful. And special private visits are now very popular," says Sue Macdonald of U.K.-based company Boxwood Tours...
...best in Athens, where they meet Serbia-Montenegro and Croatia in the preliminary round of competition - Hungary lost to both in its opening contests in Sydney. Russia, the other big threat in Hungary's group, will look to avenge its loss in the 2000 final, while Italy, Spain and Greece are fielding strong teams that could challenge the Hungarians should they advance as expected to the knockout rounds. The team has beaten all these rivals regularly in the past, and two weeks ago Hungary topped its group - which included Serbia-Montenegro - in the fina World League, earning a boost...