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...evening session. No, it?s 16-year-old Nicole Vaidisova, another one of those Eastern European wonder women. A Czech, she?s just short of six feet tall with legs that go from Prague to Brno and the power to hit the ball just as far. This kid can smash it. She?s seeded 26th in Queens, but she reached the 3rd round in Wimbledon. Her path was made a little easier when defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova got chopped down on the big stage by Ekaterina Bychkova. This is a tough town to defend your crown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Open: Court of Appeal | 8/30/2005 | See Source »

...stars, who helped turn Mel Brooks' The Producers into the first smash theater hit of the millennium, are one of show biz's top money teams. In this tale of mismatched roommates, Lane will play Oscar, the slobby sportswriter, while Broderick tackles the fussbudget Felix. There have been rumors that they may occasionally switch roles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fall Arts Preview 2004 | 8/21/2005 | See Source »

...Sunday, playing at Bright without either of their “marquee” stars Blake or Navratilova, the Lobsters defeated the Delaware Smash 22-19. Lobsters alternate Jonathan Chu ’05 won his doubles match 5-1, though he was defeated 5-3 in his singles match...

Author: By William C. Marra, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Blake Can't Save Lobsters | 7/15/2005 | See Source »

Disney's record with overseas theme parks, however, has been mixed. Tokyo Disneyland has been a smash, with 25 million visitors a year, but Euro Disney, based near Paris, has been a financial sinkhole. Earlier this year, Euro Disney finalized a $2 billion restructuring plan, which included new capital and loan concessions, to rescue the operation. Among the park's problems have been cultural faux pas that have turned off its European audience. When Euro Disney opened, for example, restaurants wouldn't serve wine, an affront even to the French soil it was built...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disney's Great Leap into China | 7/11/2005 | See Source »

...that his playing would be infused with a passionate fire and breathtaking precision not heard in years--that he would be, in short, the Horowitz of old, one last time. "There is much emotion inside, but I will not let it out before Sunday, because then everything could go smash," he had remarked en route to Moscow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vladimir Horowitz: The Prodigal Returns | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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