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...Greece for the Summer Games and are inspired to perform some physical feats of your own, you could get into shape by taking a hike. A trek up to the Byzantine monasteries of Meteora will earn you no medals, but the scenery alone is ample reward. Located on the plain of Thessaly about 350 km from Athens, this cluster of monolithic rocks became a religious center for the Greek Orthodox Church inthe 14th century, when monks seeking to get closer to God built a monastery on the summit of the Great Meteoron. For hundreds of years, the only...
Although N.O.C.I. officials are quick to express their disappointment at the low level of corporate interest, they acknowledge that given the daily shootings and car bombings, such investment carries great risks and for some companies little reward. "We're trying to sell Nike rights that have no value," says N.O.C.I. adviser Mark Clark. "Let's be realistic--these [companies] have to run a business." So for now donations (54,000 soccer balls from the U.S. State Department) and a sort of international buddy system (Ali is sparring in the U.S.; the weight lifters have trained in Romania) are picking...
...which he called "the two Americas"--one, for the wealthy, privileged and connected, where there are good jobs and affordable health care and good schools, and another for everyone else. "Today under George W. Bush, there are two Americas: one America that does the work, another that reaps the reward. One America that pays the taxes, another America that gets the tax breaks. One America--middle-class America--whose needs Washington has long forgotten, another America whose every wish is Washington's command." It was a great speech for a Democratic audience, but it couldn't lift...
...rates of violence in E-rated video games. In the study, Thompson and Haninger discovered that games often contained depictions of violence, even though there weren’t any labels on the video game cover, and according to the study, “that games may reward players for their violent actions.” The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is supposed to put a list of content descriptors on the cover of its video games, in addition to just the simple rating...
...Yorker magazine to comb the film for inaccuracies. "There's lots of disagreement with my analysis of these facts or my opinion based on the facts. But," he insists, "there is not a single factual error in the movie. I'm thinking of offering a $10,000 reward for anyone that can find a single fact that's wrong...