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...Super Bowl got its name: "If Commissioner [Pete] Rozelle, the acknowledged father of the Super Bowl, had his way, it would have been called the AFL-NFL Championship Game, which isn't so much a name as a description. Briefly, there was some sentiment in favor of The Big One, which, at best, sounds like something on a fast-food chain's menu. Then [Kansas City Chiefs owner] Lamar Hunt got into the picture... Around the time of the merger negotiations, Hunt saw his son and daughter playing with a new ball from Wham-O that was almost impossibly bouncy...
...value of a stadium's worth of tickets exceeds $500 million, or that Americans consume eight million pounds of guacamole on game day? - that enliven the organizational challenge of carrying off the world's biggest bash without a hitch. The choice to ignore the superstars on the field in favor of the game's unsung laborers is a refreshing angle, even if he seems half-ready to douse them in Gatorade. Readers' reactions will likely hinge on whether they consider the Super Bowl the apotheosis of sport or of marketing. For many, the game - whose broadcast reaches some 100 million...
Glamma n.--Glamorous grandma; one of the terms adopted by boomer grandparents in favor of more traditional names like Grandmother...
...fact, for the young chefs who compete in the contest - founded by revered French chef Paul Bocuse - navigating between the desire to demonstrate the glories of their national cuisine (to say nothing of their own creativity) and the wish to please a jury that tends to favor the classic French style is precisely the challenge. "If you're playing soccer, you can't use your hands," says Antonio Saura, a Spanish filmmaker whose 2007 documentary El Pollo, el Pez, y el Cangrejo Real featured the competition. "The Bocuse is the same way: you have to play by their rules...
...controversial edicts that critics say embolden radical elements in the nation. Though some of the group's religious calls have been praised - it recently issued a fatwa against smoking by minors and pregnant women - others have been more divisive, like the decree that Muslims avoid conventional banks in favor of Shari'a-based banking. Because the council's rulings are nonbinding, they are generally observed only by the nation's more conservative Muslims, but its advice is nonetheless often sought by government officials. Last year, for instance, the council played a key part in the controversial ban of the Ahmadiyah...