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PUBLISHED: 07:32 EST, 30 March 2012 | UPDATED: 08:25 EST, 30 March 2012

Arsene Wenger has been handed a three-match ban by UEFA relating to his conduct after the Champions League round of 16 defeat against AC Milan earlier in the month.

The Arsenal boss was fuming after the 3-0 home win, which almost wiped out a 4-0 loss from the first leg, and he has been fined 33,340 for his actions and will serve what is his third UEFA ban.

Setback: Arsene Wenger received the news as he took training on Friday

Wenger, who criticised referee Damir Skomina and UEFA at the post-match press conference, confronted the official in the Emirates Stadium tunnel and is alleged to have called him a f****** disgrace.

The Frenchman has described the ban as unjust as he announced he would be appealing the sanction.

He said: 'If I am [suspended] then it is not justified and I will appeal straight away.

'I believe that they have transformed UEFA competition referees to be untouchable icons, where you cannot even have a word.

'The only thing they understand after the game is the report.

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Americans' attitudes toward Mitt Romney are firming up, and a new free-association poll by the Pew Research Center suggests they are now less focused on his religion and more aware of his wealth.

When 1,009 adults were asked to give a one-word response about Mitt Romney in December, the top response was "Mormon," with "rich" 18 spots down the list. Last week the same poll was repeated, and this time the top slot went to "no/no way" with "rich" right behind. Another word that shifted significantly was "flip-flopper," which fell from third to seventh.

Romney's negatives on this measure are high. With the general adult population sample (not registered or likely voters), Pew notes that 14 percent offered positive words, while 30 percent offered negative words and 29 percent used neutral terms. According to Pew, 28 percent offer no opinion, down from 43 percent in December.

December's top Romney responses were Mormon (47 percent), no/no way (23), flip-flopper (19), good (15), OK (15) and religion (10).

The current top responses for Romney are no/no way (31 percent), rich (30), good (19), Mormon (18), moderate (15), business (15), flip-flopper (11), idiot (11), possibility (11) and untrustworthy (10).

Romney also lags in favorability ratings in a new ABC/Washington Post poll of adults. Again, this is not a poll for registered voters or likely voters. It shows Romney falling to 50 percent unfavorable and 34 percent favorable and sets that against President Barack Obama's 43 percent unfavorable to 53 percent favorable status.

Jon Cohen in the Washington Post points out that in 2008, after Obama had been through a tough primary fight, his standing among independents was much higher than Romney's. "Obamas relative low point among independents in 2008 was in mid-April, when 57 percent said they had favorable impressions and 37 percent had unfavorable ones. In the new poll, Romney is underwater with independents: 35 percent view him favorably, 52 percent unfavorably," the article says.

But these polls are more emotional than intentional. More on point may be a series of Quinnipiac University polls out this week that suggest that Romney has slipped somewhat in key swing states but remains competitive.

Florida: Obama leads Romney 49 to 42 percent

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More rich, less Mormon: One-word attitudes toward Mitt Romney shift

By Michele A. Berdy

Published: March 28, 2012 (Issue # 1701)

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Sometimes inRussia, people take theeasy route they just Russify theforeign name. So that electric box onyour kitchen counter is called (toaster).

Sometimes they come up with ahomegrown name or several. Garlic presses are called , (both derived fromthe word forgarlic andthe verb topress), (literally press forgarlic), or even (literally garlic juicer). Atsome point inthe future, thevast Russian nation will, insome mysterious unspoken way, come toan agreement, andone ofthose names will stick.

But sometimes there is atime lag between theappearance ofa phenomenon anda word forit.

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InRussian, acommuter is , (someone who travels towork froma suburb tothe city every day). Thequestion How long is your commute? might be ? (How much time do you spend getting towork?). Or themore informal: ? (How long does it take toget fromhome towork?)

That said, there are ways todescribe various means ofcommuting inRussian. Acommuter train is . Acommuter bus is . Acommuter parking lot is (literally intercept parking).

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BURBANK, Calif. A friendly game of word association with Mitt Romney got big laughs on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, when the presidential hopeful described his chief GOP rival Sen. Rick Santorum as press secretary.

The game came after Leno, who didnt believe Romney when he said he hasnt put a list together for his vice presidential choices, proposed the back and forth.

Not even like with the wife? Leno challenged Romney. You know, Honey, this guy? Really? Its never come up? Im not even running and I discuss it with my wife. You havent thought of, geez

Ill tell you what. I can do you a favor with this. Ill choose David Letterman. We can help us both out, Romney suggested, a nod to the longtime ratings war between the two late night programs.

But Romney wasnt getting off that easy, Leno launching into the game and quickly laying the ground rules: Leno provides Romney a list of candidates and Romney uses one word to describe them.

A couple of words, maybe? Romney requested, upon hearing the requirements.

When Leno offered up Santorums name, Romney responded, Um, press secretary.

Romney was seemingly referencing Santorums heated confrontation with New York Times reporter Jeff Zeleny, during which Santorum cursed at the reporter. Leno had mentioned the incident during his opening monologue, which Romney was able to watch backstage, the host joking that he had tried to book Santorum for the show but the censors wouldnt allow it because of his bad language.

As for the other candidates and words Romney used to describe them, Romney said South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is energetic, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is an American leader, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan is creative and Donald Trump huge.

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