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Mediation Matters: Winners, losers … and those caught in between
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The Chief Executive of National Family Mediation returns with a regular column
Maybe you love the football World Cup. Perhaps you hate it. Either way, there’s no denying that millions across the country – and far further beyond – are captivated by the tournament.
The prospect of victory hypnotises hardcore sports fans, of course. But in an international pageant like the World Cup it draws others in too: whether through patriotism, workplace sweepstakes and water cooler gossip, or a sense that by watching this global spectacle on TV we’re afforded a glimpse of the exotic.
There will be twists and turns along the road to the Moscow Final, but one thing is for sure: on July 15 in the Luzhniki Stadium, there will be just one winning nation. The other 31 will have fallen by the wayside.
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