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KING OF THE WORLD

By Zev Borrow

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

If you want to feel tall, hang with short people. And if you want to feel okay that you care more about your team than you do about your mom—or your favorite athlete more than, say, God (or Satan, for that matter)—jump the pond, real soon, to catch a nation gone stark-raving, bloody mad over a soccer player named David Beckham. Beckham, of course, is the 27-year-old captain of England's national team, and a midfielder for Manchester United of the English Premier League. On April 10 ...

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