Word: arena
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although Shahak's activities certainly arouse controversy and anger in the Israeli political arena, he avoids political alignment with any group. Labeling himself as a fiscally conservative "anti-Marxist," he nevertheless works closely with many socialists and communists, including outspoken lawyer Felicia Langer, whose defense of the many Palestinians brought before Israeli tribunals has made her one of the most prominent members of the Israeli peace movement...
...unlike the Harvard athlete, the Harvard student must venture forth from the dry confines of his room rain or shine. And as he makes his way to class--when it rains class is undoubtedly in Vanserg--he turns Cambridge into an arena for the galoshes Olympics of peculiar sports...
...first phase of the complex, which is the first major sports construction at Harvard since the '30s, will cost $17 million and will include a track and tennis hall, a swimming pool and women's locker facilities. Stage Two will include a $5 million hockey arena, auditorium and Varsity Lounge Club complex, a new gymnasium and renovation of existing facilities...
George Wolbert is not No. 1, or the best or even as good as he used to be. He just wants to play hockey as long and as well as he can. We sit alone in a dressing room within an empty arena. The networks are not here. It is fine to savor sport this way, without packages, cans and nonsense...
...gambler. He gambled millions on the 1976 Olympics, and made that sprawling assortment of track meets, wrestling and swimming contests a prime-time commercial success. Chronology and coherence may have been sacrificed as he zeroed in on the flashiest contests and concentrated on popular favorites, switching relentlessly from one arena to another, but the result was exciting television. Arledge liked the way his sportscaster Jim McKay "in the 30 seconds between two events could add a dimension, a fact, a clarification." To Arledge, the news anchorman's function, "if there is a function, is not just to read...