Word: domes
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...joints and beads, and is punctuated by a 55-ft. indoor waterfall. Gamblers try their luck in the glow of Wombi Rock, a mountain made of onyx and alabaster fused onto glass, which houses a restaurant, bar and lounge. And did we mention the world's biggest working planetarium dome...
...difference between Matsui and his peers, though, is that an hour after adjusting his coiffure at the Seibu Dome the day before, the durable, switch-hitting shortstop for the Seibu Lions cracked the second pitch he saw for a leadoff home run, played flawlessly in the field and again showed why he may be the best all-around ballplayer in Japan. Los Angeles Dodgers pitching coach Jim Colborn, a former Mariners director of Pacific Rim scouting who coached in Japan, says some three dozen Japanese players could play in the majors. But it's the imminent exodus of top players...
...supplied Iran with reactors for a huge nuclear power complex, shown above in a January satellite photo. Experts say the reactors cannot produce weapons-grade plutonium but they will certainly improve Iran's nuclear know-how. The site, which has docks on the Persian Gulf (1), has one reactor dome completed (2) and a second rising (3), but pipes (4) for the cooling pond remain unattached. The complex is likely to come online in late...
...mercenaries compete in a secret tournament under special rules. In it, soccer becomes a game of trick shots, small goals and fancy footwork - oddly like basketball (which, despite Nike's $155 million spend this year on soccer endorsements, remains its best revenue source). This month in London's Millennium Dome and 12 cities from Beijing to Buenos Aires, an estimated 1 million youngsters are going into the 9-m-by-24 m cages to play Scorpion KO. Rules: three-on-three, three minutes a game, first goal wins, no crying. Special equipment: maybe a pair of Nike's street soccer...
...felony counts on which he has been indicted. Cianci dismisses that perception as the product of "hype in the media" and grouses that a local TV station bumped People's Court from its afternoon slot to carry daily reports on the case the FBI has dubbed Operation Plunder Dome...