Word: madrid
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...MADRID, Spain—The Fourth of the July has never evoked images of red, white and blue American pride in my mind, but instead a series of disastrous or meaningless celebrations. I recall the time 12 years ago when my best friend spent the whole celebration at Baltimore’s inner harbor crying because, she claimed, a firework had inexplicably fallen from the sky and hit her eye. I think of July 5, the night my parents usually took me to see fireworks during my childhood so that we could avoid the crowds. I remember my high school...
This Fourth of July, there will be no downpour—only temperatures nearing 100 degrees. There will be no fireworks, and there will be no Americans. But after spending the past three weeks in Madrid, I am beginning to think that this Fourth of July will, strangely enough, be one of my most patriotic and meaningful...
Having studied Spanish in high school and college, I jumped at the opportunity to spend my summer interning at a bank in Madrid. I would hone my Spanish—speaking skills (and actually merit that foreign language citation), learn more about the business world and travel for seven weeks in a country I had never visited. Today may be Independence Day, but this would be my independence summer. And while I have so far enjoyed every moment of my adventures here in Madrid—from making Spanish friends at the dorm where I live, to walking through...
...pretty good soccer player too. But it isn't just for his skills that Real Madrid paid Manchester United, the club for which Beckham played since he was 14, a sum of $41 million for his services. Europe's leading soccer clubs are becoming true global brands. Measured by its value on the open market, United is the most successful sports franchise in the world; Rupert Murdoch tried and failed to buy the club for $1 billion in 1998. With a worldwide fan base--in August, it's scheduled to play exhibition games before sold-out crowds...
...Football fans want to know: Why did Real Madrid pay a majestic $41 million for Manchester United star and England captain David Beckham? The Spanish club already has another magician in right midfield, Luis Figo, who produces more goals and assists than Beckham does and leads him in free-kick conversions, the English player's stock-in-trade. The answer came last week from Tokyo, where Beckham and his wife, Victoria, arrived to promote a brand of chocolate and a chain of beauty salons. Wherever they went, the couple was mobbed by fans wearing Beckham shirts and waving Beckham dolls...