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...side of the desk sits an organized clutter, and on the other, a leaflet that describes the New Year's Eve Extravaganza 2000 that the church is preparing...

Author: By James P. Mcfadden, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Armenians, History and Religion | 3/10/1999 | See Source »

...first-ever "Harvard Scrabble Tournament extravaganza" began Saturday afternoon in the Kirkland House Grille...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kirkland Hosts Scrabble Meet | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

Whether or not more wrongdoing is uncovered, the Games will go on--and they will almost certainly be held in Salt Lake City. Even with three years to go, the city is on a tight construction timetable, and it's not feasible to change the location. The 16-day extravaganza, expected to cost $1.5 billion, will be the most expensive Winter Games ever. Sponsors and broadcasters are expected to shoulder $1.1 billion of the cost, but Games promoters still have to raise $250 million from corporations. So far, none of the sponsors--among them Coca-Cola, IBM and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Olympics Turn into A Five-Ring Circus | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...upcoming mission is a two-spacecraft extravaganza. The first ship--set to fly Dec. 10--is the workmanlike Mars Climate Orbiter. Arriving in September 1999, the spacecraft will enter an orbit of the planet that traces a path over the Martian poles, allowing it to study the local atmosphere. Its orbit will position it perfectly to act as a relay satellite for any later ship that may land on the surface. That's a good thing, since three weeks or so after the orbiter leaves Earth, NASA will launch another spacecraft, the more ambitious Mars Polar Lander...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Digging Mars | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

...Prince of Egypt is now an effects-laden extravaganza that undoubtedly cost far more than the $75 million claimed by DreamWorks. And the film seems to have the support of a goodly portion of religious communities, from liberal Christians to conservatives Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson to Rabbi Norman Lamm, president of Yeshiva University, and Muslim leader Maher Hathout. "Hollywood got this one right," Falwell says. Evangelist Robert Schuller has even laid hands on Katzenberg and blessed him. The executive says he will gladly accept all the help he can get. If family audiences pause from their enjoyment of Paramount...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Prince And The Promoter | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

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