Word: bongos
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...controllers to stomp and pound in order to produce rhythmic beats. The newest entry into the market, Namco Limited’s Donkey Konga, does not deviate very far from the DDR-established formula of following the beats, but it one ups its competitors with one resonant feature: bongo drums. The pads are ultra-plush and springy, and even after an hour of play, my hands felt no pain. The bongo controller also features a sensor between the two pads to detect hand claps, which are also elemental to the action...
...serving as prime-time co-host (with Katie Couric) of his fourth Summer Games--has special significance for Bob Costas, whose family came from Greece. The Renaissance man of TV sports coverage, and HBO talk-show host, spoke with TIME's Josh Tyrangiel about Athens, athletes and Omar Bongo...
...grab the book. How about this? "Lebanon has never won an Olympic medal, but recently a Lebanese woman won the world karaoke championship in Finland, singing the 1980s classic Fame." Oh, this is the one: "Gabon's President, as you know, is Omar Bongo, now in his 37th year as head of state. And yet again, he has promised any Gabonian medal winner a new house and vast sums of cash. But the wily Bongo is hedging his bets, insofar as they have never won an Olympic medal...
...parcel them out fairly, and I like to be known as a generous co-host. But if she cribs my "wily Bongo" note, I'll deck...
...Europe, the political momentum is with those who want immigration stopped, period. Umberto Bossi, leader of the far-right Northern League, which is part of Silvio Berlusconi's governing coalition, said earlier this month that housing in Milan should go to native Italians "and not to the first 'bingo bongo' who comes along." In Rotterdam, the party started by slain anti-immigration politician Pim Fortuyn now controls the municipal council of a city in which more than half the population is of non-Dutch origin. Two weeks ago its leaders said the city would start demanding that newcomers speak decent...