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Geoff Davey, chief executive of the club, said he was "absolutely stunned" when he received a letter Monday from Beckham opposing the trademark application "We use the words on our range of leisure wear and on souvenirs and posters Soccer Club, Posh Spice Face Off Nov 7, 6:01 AM EST PETERBOROUGH, England (AP) â€â€? There's apparently only room in England for one "Posh Opposition was filed two months ago by Victoria Beckham, a spokesman for the UK Trademark Registry said " "The name is part of the club's history and tradition," he said The Peterborough United's official Web site says the nickname dates from 1934 There is a whole wedge of commercial activities He said he was surprised there was a challenge, and that "someone as big as Victoria Beckham would want to raise this particular challenge Beckham, wife of Manchester United soccer star David Beckham, says she's been known by the nickname "Posh" or "Posh Spice" since the Spice Girls launched their first CD in 1996 There could be very serious ramifications " The UK Trademark Registry shows Peterborough chairman Peter Boizot filed the trademark application in 1998 " The English second-division soccer club Peterborough United, known since its inception 68 years ago as "Posh" or "The Posh," has been opposed by Spice Girl Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice) in its attempt to register the nickname 10, 2004 Lovett and Rebecca Evans is Susanna Simon Keenlyside is Prospero, Ian Bostridge is Caliban, Cynthia Sieden is Ariel in her Royal Opera debut and Ades conducts in his company debut "Sweeney Todd" opens Dec Ades' 'Tempest' to Premiere in London Mar 27, 8:51 AM EST The world premiere of Thomas Ades' "The Tempest," and The Royal Opera House premieres of Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of Mtensk" and Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd," highlight the 2003-04 Covent Garden season in London Paul Gemignani conducts in his company debut â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? On the Net: Royal Opera Web site: http://www 15 in a production first seen at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in November org/ "The Tempest," a co-production with the Royal Danish Opera and the Opera du Rhin in Strasbourg, France, opens Feb The production is by Richard Jones There also is a borrowed production of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" that's new to the house The libretto is by Meredith Oakes, and the production is by Tom Cairns Thomas Allen is the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Felicity Palmer is Mrs A new production of Handel's "Orlando" and new co-productions of Gounod's "Faust," Verdi's "Aida," Strauss' "Arabella" and Britten's "Peter Grimes" will be staged, the company announced Tuesday "Lady Macbeth of Mtensk" opens April 1, 2004, with Katarina Dalayman as Katerina Ismailova, John Tomlinson as Boris Ismailov, Christopher Ventris as Sergei and music director Antonio Pappano conducting royalopera "'He was really good to us' â€â€? that's what she said at the time," Manning said in the Nov Penney store carrying clothes that had not been paid for Authorities raided Jackson's Neverland Ranch last month and arrested him days later on suspicion of child molestation Among them was whether the child's mother is credible A source speaking for the family on condition of anonymity told The Associated Press the intoxicating agent was wine 6 airing of a documentary in which he told of letting children sleep in his bedroom and sometimes in his bed when they visited his Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara County "This is going to stick a fork in people who want to do this to Michael Jackson," he said The father pleaded no contest to child cruelty in 2002 and spousal abuse in 2001 "LA is a big place 20 and March 10 The self-styled "King of Pop" faces seven counts of molesting a child under the age of 14 Jackson's Attorney Vows to Fight Charges Dec 19, 6:55 AM EST Child molestation charges against Michael Jackson are being driven by "money and revenge," said defense attorney Mark Geragos, who vowed to derail the alleged victim's credibility and fight what he called a prosecutor's vendetta Russell Halpern, an attorney for the boy's father, has said the boy's mother had a "Svengali-like ability" to make her children lie in testimony The investigation, which ended Feb Michael E And we will prove that," Geragos said at a news conference Thursday " "Michael Jackson is a talented artist," Sneddon said in his news release 7 and March 10 The couple are now divorced "Anybody else who knows anything about the history of these accusers, anybody who knows anything about the history of the investigators and the axes they have to grind know that these charges are not only categorically untrue, but they're driven, driven by two things: money and revenge Sneddon says he has a credible witness and a strong case, but appears to have several hurdles to overcome to win a conviction They have a lot of problems down there and that office has a lot of problems Geragos said he conducted videotaped and audiotaped interviews with the mother and child himself last February The family received a $137,500 settlement Later, he told CNN's "Larry King Live" that winning the case will send a message to anyone who is considering trying to extort the entertainer The next day, Manning's secretary said the boy's mother had asked the attorney to stop speaking to the media The lawsuit also alleged the mother was sexually assaulted Sneddon gave reporters a news release Thursday giving his answers to the questions he says he is most commonly asked about the Jackson case The other two counts, and the charges of giving the boy an intoxicant, state that those crimes allegedly occurred between the approximate dates of Feb 27, found there was no basis for molestation allegations after the boy, his mother and his siblings denied them S "Yes, she is credible," he said, adding the family has "said repeatedly that they are not interested in money The boy's family also filed a lawsuit claiming the boy, his brother and mother were beaten by mall security guards in 1998 after the boy left a Southern California J Jackson's record sales overall have slumped in recent years, and he has gained more attention for his bizarre behavior â€â€? dangling his infant son from a hotel balcony, radically altering his face through plastic surgery, sharing his bedroom with children â€â€? than for his music Geragos denounced the allegations as driven by money and vengeance, and said Jackson, who is free on $3 million bail, look forward to resolving the matter in court He said they both praised Jackson's generosity and described him as a father figure to the boy, who was introduced to the singer through the owner of a West Hollywood comedy club C "That song was not one of his finer efforts 24 interview Anyone who lives there knows that," Sneddon said " Jackson's arrest came just after he released a greatest-hits album, which has had disappointing sales The molestation charges each carry between three and eight years in prison 14, prompted by a complaint to a county hot line from a school administrator who saw the show He also was charged with two counts of plying the boy with "an intoxicating agent" to make it easier to carry out the assaults For starters, he must persuade a jury to accept the timeline of the alleged crimes Jackson and his accuser were shown holding hands during that show and saying they slept in the same room but not in the same bed The song contains the lyrics, "Dom Sheldon is a cold man That means Jackson, 45, would have begun molesting the boy amid the swift and fervent criticism he received after the Feb Sneddon agreed to delay Jackson's arraignment a week to Jan For District Attorney Thomas Sneddon, whose similar 1993 case against the pop singer evaporated when the accuser reportedly accepted millions in settlement money, the charges filed Thursday represent a second chance to convict the fading pop star before the prosecutor begins his planned retirement Five of the counts state that Jackson molested the boy, a 14-year-old cancer victim he had befriended, sometime between the approximate dates of Feb Details of the interview were included in a memo leaked to the media this month Sneddon said Thursday the boy may not have wanted to talk about the molestation at first and that Los Angeles County officials may have been too busy to investigate fully " on Jackson's "HIStory" album 16 Manning, divorce attorney for the accuser's mother, told The Associated Press last month that he remembered the mother speaking well of Jackson in April or May, long after the abuse is alleged to have occurred Los Angeles County child welfare officers began investigating Jackson's relationship with the child on Feb Unlike the 1993 case, Sneddon says, this time he has a cooperative witness who isn't interested in a piece of Jackson's fortune " Sneddon also denied holding a grudge against the entertainer, who took a thinly disguised swipe at the prosecutor in a song called "D |
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