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Call them "Desperate Husbands" -- men who wait until the last minute to go Christmas shopping. Men who wear procrastination as a badge of honor. Girlie men shop online or visit the mall in November, wrap their presents and stash them in the closet. Real men put off shopping until Dec. 24. Because men don't shop. They buy. They are goal-oriented. And what they end up buying is jewelry. Diamond jewelry, to be exact. Square-shaped or pear-shaped, from Harry Winston to Wal-Mart, from Tiffany's to Target, the most dangerous place to be on Christmas Eve is between a desperate husband...

Fights at cricket match blamed on boredom 28.12.2002 By SCOTT MacLEOD Security will be boosted for the next cricket international at Eden Park after clashes between Indian and Black Cap supporters sparked dozens of arrests. Police and park managers said some of Thursday's 29,381 spectators turned on the worst behaviour seen at a cricket game in Auckland for years. Some witnesses said racial taunts and bottle-throwing preceded the fighting, but police and spectators agreed that sheer boredom induced by the low-scoring one-day match was a big factor. The event was also marred by injuries to two spectators who toppled through...