Word: jumbotron
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...spoke, those doubts seemed resolved, and the country was ready to commence the largest town hall meeting in our history. At the hockey rink in the First Union Center in Philadelphia, the Rangers and Flyers were between periods when the image of Bush before the Congress appeared on the Jumbotron. After a few minutes, the players returned to the ice, the image disappeared--and the fans booed mightily. "Leave it on!" they chanted. So the skaters went back to their benches, and the arena fell silent. When the address was over, the teams skated back onto the ice, shook hands...
...spoke, those doubts seemed resolved, and the country was ready to commence the largest town hall meeting in our history. At the hockey rink in the First Union Center in Philadelphia, the Rangers and Flyers were between periods when the image of Bush before the Congress appeared on the Jumbotron. After a few minutes, the players returned to the ice, the image disappeared - and the fans booed mightily. "Leave it on!" they chanted. So the skaters went back to their benches, and the arena fell silent. When the address was over, the teams skated back onto the ice, shook hands...
...John Carluccio roams the aisles of Madison Square Garden with a camera crew, scouting the most enthusiastic Knicks fans in the crowd to display on the JumboTron. Away from the Garden, it's Carluccio, 32, who's the enthusiast. For the past 15 years, he has devoted himself to understanding and publicizing the art of scratch DJs, or turntablists, those men and women who make music through frenzied, seemingly chaotic scratches on vinyl. He has directed a documentary series called Battle Sounds that appeared in the 1997 Whitney Biennial, showing the sophisticated techniques behind the music; has organized concerts...
...logos at screaming fans. At Princeton, a lucky fan kicked a field goal at half-time for a prize donated by a corporation and another almost won a car. All other Ivy League teams had significantly higher quality uniforms and shoes. I was shocked to find a nice big JumboTron in Columbia's otherwise unimpressive stadium...
...winding up at the side portal from which Gore was meant to make his entrance. The Secret Service had hung a blue curtain blocking the crowd's view through that doorway, but there was a gap at the top, and Gore could just make out his wife on the Jumbotron. Tipper was talking about her father-in-law Al Sr., and his kindly face appeared on the giant screen one more time. Then came the pictures of the couple's four children, of his wife, the whole gauzy Christmas card. Eskew saw the emotion in Gore's eyes...