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The best-known British newspapers which give serious coverage

of the news and comment are The Times, The Guardian, The Financial Times, and The Independent

Some newspapers have

arts and literary reviews; they provide up-to-date financial information and much professional advertising.

They contain information on home and foreign affairs, serious editorials,

an accompanying colour supplement, with many photographs and advertisements

For example, the Times Educational Supplement specializes in reports and features on education in schools,

and the Times Literary Supplement is one of Britain's leading literary weakly magazines, noted for its interesting coverage of the literary and publishing world

It is also noted for its

for less serious reading

Many newspapers are offered

readers' letters to the editor

The style of English in these newspapers is often conversational,

are sensational, or mention a figure in the public eye such as a member of the royal family), and importance is also given to sport and entertainment

Much attention is given to personal stories (especially when they

and a large number of photographs

They have brief news reports

with much use of slang, nicknames and catchy headlines

Many Americans consider The New York Times the nation's

, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune

The most prominent American newspapers are The New York Times

the Daily Express, the Daily Mirror, and many others

Among these newspapers are

most prestigious newspaper which established itself as a serious alternative to sensational journalism

People have begun to buy less newspapers, and the most important reasons

of important national and international events

The paper gives coverage

American libraries, and is standard reading for diplomats, scholars and government officials

Its reputation is solid today that it is used as a major reference tool by

for this trend is probably the growing popularity of television which 65 percent of Americans use as their primary source of news

Among popular magazines are Time, Newsweek, Business Week and

place for newspaper men since the 18th century, when writers met to talk in its coffeehouses

But the largest readership has been

World Report which give information on national affairs, business and science

Fleet Street has been the meeting

won by magazines that are full of advertisements and are good at leisure time, such as Cosmopolitan, the Ladies Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post

Offices of most English

Street of news

And up to now Fleet Street is the

daily and evening papers are situated in this street

Fleet Street is now the

centre of journalists and newspaper men

Publishing houses

of Britain's national newspapers

The Daily Telegraph and

of many big foreign newspapers are also there

Fleet Street is the centre

the Daily Express have their offices here, and The Times, The Guardian and many others are nearby

It is packed with vans, cars, motorcycles, newsboys every day between 9 a.m.

day and night

Advertisers tend to think big

and 3 p.m. when the latest news is ready to go out all over the world

Fleet Street is busy

and perhaps this is why they're always coming in for criticism

If only goes to show how much

"that this entirely unproductive industry (if we can call it that) should absorb millions of pounds each year

"It's iniquitous", they say,

profit the big companies are making

Their critics seem to resent them because they have a flair for self-promotion

and because they have so much money to throw around

The poor old consumers have

and reduce the price of their goods?

It is precisely because of

the heavy advertising that consumer goods are so cheap

Why don't they stop advertising

to pay a great deal more if advertising didn't create mass markets for products

But we get the wrong idea if

function is to inform

Another equally important

we have about household goods derives largely from the advertisements we read

A great deal of the knowledge

we think the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods

Lots of people pretend

likely you would obtain details regarding performance, price, etc., from an advertisement

Supposing you wanted to buy a washing machine, it is more than

that they never read advertisements, but this claim may be seriously doubted

Advertisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence

of ones we already know about

It is hardly

they often are, too!

Just think what a railway

possible not to read advertisements these days

And what fun

station or a newspaper would be like without advertisements

Would you enjoy gazing at a

blank wall or reading railway bye-laws while waiting for a train?

A cheerful, witty advertisement

makes such a difference to a drab wall or a newspaper, full of daily ration of calamities

Would you like to read only

closely-printed columns of news in your daily paper?

Newspapers, commercial radio

many broadcast programmes is due entirely to the money spent by the advertisers

The fact that we pay so little for our daily paper, or can enjoy so

and television companies could not subsist without this source of revenue

We must not forget, either,

that advertising makes a positive contribution to our pockets

Just think what a newspaper

would cost if we had to pay its full price!

What a tremendously

forget is "small ads" which are virtually every newspaper and magazine

Another thing we mustn't

useful service they perform for the community!

Just about anything can

or death in what used to be called the "hatch, match and dispatch" columns; but by far the most fascinating section is the personal of "agony" column

For instance, you can find a job, buy or sell a house, announce a birth, marriage

provides such entertaining reading or offers such a deep insight into human nature

No other item in a newspaper

be accomplished through these columns

Firstly, make your

own way to the hotel on Friday evening

It's the best advertisement

for advertising there is!

Each day, coaches

will transfer you to Silverstone in the morning and back to your hotel in the evening

On Sunday there is a warm-up session, a Formula 3000 event and

all the action as the drivers fight for pole position in the qualifying sessions

On Saturday, you can watch

the chance to see two fantastic days' motor racing, including the Foster's British Grand Prix at Silverstone

The Times offers readers

an air display before the highlight of the weekend in the early afternoon, The Foster's British Grand Prix 2005

Can the BMW-Wiiliams

constructor trophy presentation you will return to your hotel

2004 was a remarkable season for Michael Schumacher and Ferrari,

and McLaren-Mercedes teams catch them in the 2005 season?

After the driver and

ending dramatically with the German winning a record-breaking sixth consecutive drivers' championship and with Ferrari winning an astonishing fifth consecutive constructors' championship

Although zorbonauts have hurtled downhill at speeds of 50 kilometres

in a three-metre ball, or zorb, made out of PVC

It requires no more skill than a hamster running in its wheel,

because centrifugal force will keep you pinned inside the zorb

It involves rolling around

per hour, the air cushioning inside means you don't risk hurting yourself too seriously

To celebrate, The Eye

Far Side of the World is finally available on DVD and VHS

Nominated for an incredible ten Academy Awards, Master and Commander:

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Having said this, co-inventor

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Aubrey is torn between duty and friendship as he pursues the enemy

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A thrilling adventure story played out on the high seas, Master and Commander stars Russell Crowe

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Beginning with approximately

776 В. С. the games were organized every fourth year

The four-year cycles

were called the Olympiads and adopted in reckoning historical events

In 1453 В. С. the games

were held in Olympia

The favourite games of that

wrestling and other exercises

These sports consisted of running,

time were horse-racing and jumping

Like in our times the sportsmen had to have at least ten months' training

and judges were selected to determine who should receive the prizes

The year 1896 was chosen

used to get wreaths of palm leaves

The ancient gold medal winners

the Olympic games have been held every leap-year

Since then, except in 1916, 1940 and 1944,

for the revival of this ancient festival

Officially contests are only for individuals, but the custom

are very fond of sports and games

Women's

events started in 1912

People all over the world

has arisen of comparing national teams for a "world championship", using unofficial scoring system