Word: cupfuls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...World Cup, the quadrennial global soccer championship being fought out in nine cities across France this month and next, brings out all the best and worst of nationalist sentiments, not to mention the most incredible soccer talent on earth. It's a spectacle that dwarfs the Olympics in national emotion. Nobody gets upset in Italy if the gymnastics team doesn't win a medal, but if the beloved Azzuri falters, the players may want to return home wearing disguises...
...popularity in America increases. Dooley, an earnest sort, is captain of the best American team ever, as evidenced by its knocking off world champion Brazil 1-0 in a friendly match earlier this year. Foreign-born players like Dooley, who played for the U.S. in the 1994 World Cup, combined with the fast-rising level of home-grown talent have turned the U.S. team from international doormat to contender. "The mix is good for competition within the team," says Steve Sampson, the first native-born American to coach the team. "We are playing with a high level of confidence...
...World Cup, Sampson has installed a new formation, 3-6-1 in soccer parlance, that features six midfielders and a lone striker up front, to take advantage of the team's speed, and the fact that Sampson hasn't been able to find a pair of forwards who work well together. Most teams use two strikers and three or four midfielders. The idea is that there are two midfielders whose role is primarily offense, two who hang back to defend, and two wing halves who do both...
...with the girl-power theme of this briskly enchanting film, but it's a perky parting gift from the Disney folks. The R.-and-B. group 98[degrees] and Stevie Wonder trade harmonic and harmonica riffs with some sassy horns, and euphoria saturates the multiplex. Cap your soda cup before dancing out of the theater...
Iran's World Cup soccer defeat of the U.S. may have helped the campaign by that country's moderate president, Mohammed Khatami, for liberalization and reconciliation with Washington. TIME Middle East bureau chief Scott MacLeod, in Tehran for the game, predicted that an Iran victory would create discomfort for Khatami's conservative foes by prompting massive demonstrations and by showing the "Great Satan" as fair players and gracious losers. While the country's conservative spiritual leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, sought to spin it as a "bitter defeat" for the "arrogant opponent," the fact that it was celebrated on the streets...