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Dates: during 2006-2006
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...together." MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, President of Iran, apologizing to students for allowing liberal and secular professors to remain in their posts at Iranian universities. He called for a faculty purge "I responded that I preferred his sister, it's true. It wasn't something nice, true." MARCO MATERAZZI, Italian soccer player, finally revealing what was said during the July World Cup final that provoked star French footballer Zinedine Zidane to head-butt him after he grabbed Zidane by the shirt and the Frenchman told him, "If you want, I'll give you the jersey later." "Calm down. Breathe. We hear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Sep. 18, 2006 | 9/10/2006 | See Source »

...heartbreaking to see Italy's triumphant World Cup team on the cover instead of Zinédine Zidane and the French squad he led. Zidane was punished for head butting Marco Materazzi, [who] ... must have said something awfully offensive to provoke Zidane. Zidane cost France the World Cup title, but he still stands as a legend next to Pelé, Diego Maradona, Michel Platini and others. Mubarak Shamim Dhaka...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 8/14/2006 | See Source »

...great impact on everyone involved, both financially and emotionally. Kees van der Pligt Amsterdam It was heartbreaking to see Italy's triumphant World Cup team on the cover instead of Zinédine Zidane and the French squad he led. Zidane was punished for head butting Marco Materazzi, but what about Materazzi? Won't he be punished too? He must have said something awfully offensive to provoke Zidane. Zidane cost France the World Cup title, but he still stands as a legend next to Pelé, Diego Maradona, Michel Platini and others. Mubarak Shamim Dhaka I am so pleased that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fields of Dreams | 8/8/2006 | See Source »

...many great athletes. And it was only the great ones who said, "I want my opponent to be at his very best because that's the only way I can truly test myself." The disappointing ending to the World Cup makes me wonder whether Marco Materazzi and his Italian teammates are proud of their championship. Is winning at any cost the only thing that counts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 14, 2006 | 8/6/2006 | See Source »

...three-on-three. Quickly, we established traditions: watching movies afterwards at the theater next door, eating all our post-game meals at the nearby Gemini Diner, constantly joking and talking trash. Each day, someone would inevitably hear a gibe about their mother and/or sister which would have made Marco Materazzi blush...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre | Title: Growing Up Beyond Kips Bay | 7/28/2006 | See Source »

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