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...television today. Armies of Roman unemployed, living on a dole from the state, were diverted by athletic contests and theatrical spectacles. At the Colosseum, some 50,000 watched gladiators in combat with wild beasts. In the Circus Maximus, 260,000 cheered on charioteers as they raced in perilous Ben-Hur style. To supply those circuses, hunters fanned through the empire, caging behemoths and great wild cats. So many animals were rounded up that even then there were endangered species: the hippopotamus was made extinct in Nubia, the lion in Mesopotamia, the elephant in North Africa. Sport was the adult...
...explain why he and fellow Heavyweight George Foreman were suited up like Roman combatants to hype interest in their June 15 bout. The idea for the gladiator getup came from Fight Promoter Jerry Perenchio, who borrowed two outfits that had been used in MGM's 1959 film Ben Hur. Perenchio's costuming may be entirely apt, but his choice of battleground is far from Rome. Foreman and Frazier will square off at the Coliseum all right-the one in Nassau County...
...Hur, Friday and Saturday...
...Hur(1959). The latest in a recent spate of huge, gigantic, incredible spectacle films on TV. This won more Oscars than any movie in history (11), but it's still a good film. (Especially the chariot race scenes.) Ch. 7, 8 p.m. Color, 3 1/4 hours...
...Kilmer's discovery was unveiled at the university's Wheeler Auditorium. It was a short monophonous melody with a delicate Oriental redolence, much like a lullaby or love song. "The song appears to tell of love among the divinities, but we have such a limited vocabulary in Hur-rian, so far about the only words we know are father, love and beloved of the heart," Kilmer admitted...