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...hell have, in the end, been transformed into the Olympic rings? For all the evocations of international camaraderie, the Olympics are a lot about national pride. And so, beyond Dante, Italy trotted out its stars to tout its culture: Giorgio Armani designing costumes; Sophia Loren carrying the Olympic flag; Eva Herzigova, a Czech-born resident of Torino, starring as Botticelli's Venus on a half-shell and Luciano Pavarotti singing Puccini's Nessun Dorma. A Ferrari roared on stage; speakers blared the theme from Rocky (Stallone! The Italian Stallion!); and suddenly, after a magnificent dove formation by acrobats on gossamer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bravissimo Torino! | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

...evocations of international camaraderie, the Olympics are a lot about national pride. And so, beyond Dante, the peninsula trotted out stars to tout its culture: Giorgio Armani designing costumes; Sophia Loren carrying the Olympic flag; supermodel Carla Bruni slinking in with the Italian flag; Luciano Pavarotti singing Puccini's Nessun Dorma (Nobody Sleeps) from Turandot; Eva Herzigova (a Czech-born resident of Torino) starring as Botticelli's Venus on a half shell. A Ferrari roared onstage, the speakers blared the theme from Rocky (Stallone! The Italian Stallion!), and suddenly, after a magnificent dove formation by acrobats on gossamer thread, there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Once Upon A Winter's Night... | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

...just the offending illustrators but also French newspaper editors, Norwegian diplomats, U.S. troops in Iraq and peddlers of Danish food. In Kabul the protest signs read DEATH TO DENMARK and DEATH TO THOSE WHO PUBLISH CARTOONS. A stuffed pig meant to represent Denmark was burned, along with a Danish flag. "We are all willing to sacrifice ourselves," said Qasi Nazir, 20. "We are calling for the death of Jews and Christians." On the side of the road, a teenager wearing a blue winter hat watched the marchers. "It's democracy, no?" he asked before heading into the crowd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fanning the Flames | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

...Ford when purchasing a car. Here's an American company that created the middle class in the U.S. and built tanks and planes that helped us win World War II. Ford should be given every purchase consideration for its vehicles. After reading your article, I feel like waving the flag for Bill Ford. JACK WEBER Oxnard, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 20, 2006 | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

...makeup artists, 70 flame-thrower nozzles, 4,400 pounds of fireworks and 6,500 costumes. It was very Italian ? loud and somewhat chaotic, especially by comparison to the relatively sober 2002 winter games in Salt Lake, where a solemn ceremony began with the display of a tattered American flag recovered from the wreckage of the World Trade Center. The production had surprising lulls, though, such as the boring balloon heads who followed the fake cows pulled by waltzers in Holsteinesque spotted costumes on the white-floored performance ring, which the choregraphers called a mosh pit (piazzetta). Actually, according...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: View from the Stands | 2/10/2006 | See Source »

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