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...ambitious a choreographer of spectacle as D.W. Griffith or Cecil B. DeMille. Leaving behind the rush and grind of the city, opera-goers would be transported up a 100-m terraced plateau, into gilded pleasure domes worthy of Kubla Khan, with cavernous interiors of blue and silver, red and gold, transporting audiences into ecstasy. But when Utzon left the project in 1966, leaving its completion to a committee of local designers, audiences were left without their climax. Halls were swapped, interiors muted and Utzon's iconic shells became, in his own words, "a false thing...
...steroids the exception? One obvious answer is that sports are supposed to be fair in a way that life is not. But sports are full of institutionalized unfairness-ask anyone who's ever rooted against the Yankees. Olympic runner wins a gold medal because of blood doping: Cheater! Olympic team wins dozens of medals because it has tens of millions of dollars for training: U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! In the steroid debate, what's often cited is fairness, not to current players but to the records of retired and dead ones. Yet middling athletes of today routinely outdo greats...
...difficult, trying and dangerous circumstances. It is easy to take articles like his for granted, but we must pay tribute to remarkable people like Ware who continually provide us with gritty, quality journalism directly from the front lines. As an aspiring journalist, I wholeheartedly salute Michael Ware. Nick Smart Gold Coast, Australia The Whole World Watched I am not American, but I respect the choice of those who re-elected President Bush [Nov. 15]. I wish to remind them, however, that the decision they have made will also affect the citizens of the rest of the world who desperately hope...
...RETIRED. MIA HAMM, 32, after 17 years on the U.S. women's national soccer squad, during which time the team won two world championships, two Olympic gold medals, worldwide fame and legions of young fans; along with teammates Julie Foudy and Joy Fawcett. After playing a final game?a 5-0 win in California against Mexico?Hamm, whose 158 international goals set a record for both men's and women's soccer, said, "It's been a blast. We've done what we sought...
...trying and dangerous circumstances. It is easy to take articles like his for granted, but we must pay tribute to remarkable people like Ware who continually provide us with gritty, high-quality journalism directly from the front lines. As an aspiring journalist, I wholeheartedly salute Michael Ware. Nick Smart Gold Coast, Australia...