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...dead heat among them. "Excellent is excellent," said Verbruggen. "There are no degrees of excellent." But that did not stop city supporters from deconstructing the report in search of advantages. The Toronto team claimed the words excellent and strong were used more often in describing their burg than the other two cities. After the report was released Claude BEbEar, president of the Paris bid committee, was beaming. The report, he said, confirmed that Paris' plan to stage the games within the heart of a historic city with, for example, fencing events in the Grand Palais was feasible. "For many members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judgment Day For the Olympic Cities | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

...dead heat among them. "Excellent is excellent," said Verbruggen. "There are no degrees of excellent." But that did not stop city supporters from deconstructing the report in search of advantages. The Toronto team claimed the words excellent and strong were used more often in describing their burg than the other two cities. After the report was released Claude Bbar, president of the Paris bid committee, was beaming. The report, he said, confirmed that Paris' plan to stage the games within the heart of a historic city with, for example, fencing events in the Grand Palais was feasible. "For many members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judgment Day for the Olympic Cities | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

...Crimson began the game with a strong offensive performance, including back-to-back goals from senior Allison Harper. Sophomore Leslie Moroz added a tally of her own off of a pass from Sara Burg to give Harvard a 3-0 lead...

Author: By Jessica T. Lee, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Lacrosse Falls to Princeton, 15-6 | 4/16/2001 | See Source »

Senior Lauren Corkery scored off of a pass from Burg with 11 minutes left in the half, but to no avail. Princeton finished the game with another goal at 4:03 to give them the 15-6 blowout...

Author: By Jessica T. Lee, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Lacrosse Falls to Princeton, 15-6 | 4/16/2001 | See Source »

...American cities to find the next 16 individuals who will play "Degrade Myself in Front of the Nation." When they announced that there would be such an open audition in my hometown, Hollywood, I decided to attend and observe firsthand the would-be Survivors, the good citizens of this burg who would risk everything to be the next Richard or Rudy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Survivor 3': The Hollywood Audition | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

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