Word: australians
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...face it. The Olympics have finally spun out of control. Think not? Then take the following quiz: Who was the gold-medal winner in Rhythmic Gymnastics? What is Rhythmic Gymnastics? Name the horse Australian Matthew Ryan rode to victory in the Three-Day Equestrian Event. Who was the Single Worldwide Food Sponsor of the Games...
...personal favorite, though, was one in which an Australian distance swimmer (destined, of course, to take the gold in the 1800m, since NBC was showing his clip) explains why he began to swim...
Parker's Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo series, produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) and now widely available in U.S. record stores for the first time, is a miracle of sound restoration. Starting with mint- condition 78s (his collection numbers more than 20,000), Parker applies a variety of noise-suppression, equalization and enhancement techniques to produce a digital stereo re-creation...
...Australian electrical engineer, Parker began collecting old 78s at age 12 and soon started experimenting with various speakers, amplifiers and filters to improve on their sound. He perfected his method over three decades. When he went public with some of his stereo re-creations on Australian radio in 1982, the audience response was so enthusiastic that abc offered him a regular radio show and began producing his albums. Parker continued the series after moving to England in 1990 and has so far turned out some 60 albums, 26 of which have been rereleased in the U.S. through DRG Records...
International TV programming is the great terra incognita for American viewers. The occasional British mini-series or Australian soap opera makes its way to these shores, via PBS or cable, and news sometimes filters back about the latest hit on Japanese TV or those funny foreign versions of Wheel of Fortune. But for most of the U.S. audience, TV in the non-English-speaking world remains trapped in the twilight zone...