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Maximus escapes the executioner's blade and is sold into a troupe of gladiators, including the African Juba (Djimon Hounsou). Their job is to fight and die, and their Vince McMahon is the wily Proximo (Oliver Reed). Act II of Gladiator is a backstage show-biz story, the one about the old pro who makes a comeback in a new role. Maximus' battleground is now the arena; instead of barbarians, his opponents are hungry tigers. Proximo tells Maximus he must make the crowd love him. If he does, he'll go out there as Tiger Chow but come back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Empire Strikes Back | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

Michael Fagan, another of the convicted Phoenix-Park assassins, was sentenced yesterday to be hanged on the 28th proximo...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 4/28/1883 | See Source »

...coronation of the new emperor of Russia will occur on the 27th proximo...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 4/23/1883 | See Source »

...Brooklyn, N. Y., bridge will be formally opened to the public on the 24th proximo...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 4/19/1883 | See Source »

Michael Flynn was convicted at Dublin yesterday of complicity in the Huddys murder, and sentenced to be hanged on the 17th proximo. He protested his innocence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 12/21/1882 | See Source »

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