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...much had been made of this fight, which had been ballyhooed as the "Fight of the Century," and now in the penitential brightness of the ring Oscar De La Hoya, the most popular fighter in the world, and Floyd Mayweather Jr., boxing's best, pound for pound, awaited their fate as the judges handed in their scoring cards. But there was more to it than just the super welterweight belt: the world was judging the sport of boxing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mayweather Wins, and So Does Boxing | 5/6/2007 | See Source »

...tight blazer on." The others weren't so excited about Ahmadinejad, but they all agreed with Xzibit that Al Gore is the most important person in the world. Gore, they said, is the only politician who matters since he is the only one to have won an Oscar. I realized Gore is crazy if he doesn't run for President. As is Meryl Streep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Alt TIME 100 | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...Bill Clinton for his sexual pecadillo, which resulted in not one death, while Bush, whose lies sent over 3,000 Americans to their graves and imperiled the peace and stability of the world, remains free from the threat of impeachment. How can Congress let his many impeachable offenses stand? Oscar T. Sevilla, Tacluban, The Philippines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 5/2/2007 | See Source »

...national television. Similarly, if a gentile comedian told us to “throw the Jew down the well,” it would lead to an uproar, but when Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat character did, it landed him a hit TV show and an Oscar-nominated film...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe | Title: Colorful Language | 5/2/2007 | See Source »

...orchestra group that works the way we do.” Since its inception in 1996, the Harvard Pops Orchestra has been presenting themed concerts, often pun-based. They’ve ranged from “Pops Goes to the Oscars” (including movie themes, but also Oscar the Grouch and Oscar Meyer wieners) to “Pops Rocks” (including rock music, Rachmaninoff, and “that big rock in Indiana Jones”). The orchestra prides itself on its unique, family-friendly shows, and in recent years, the skits which tie the different...

Author: By Benjamin C. Burns, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pop Music for Time Travelers | 5/2/2007 | See Source »

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