Word: smashly
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...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...
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...
...will increase from eight to nine next year. Ticket sales have run at 92% of the opera house's 3,520-seat capacity. Quality is high too: this season, Bellini's bel canto I Capuleti e i Montecchi with Soprano Cecilia Gasdia and Mezzo Tatiana Troyanos was an unexpected smash hit, and the Lyric's tradition of presenting operatic superstars continued with Joan Sutherland in Donizetti's Anna Bolena...
During the time since their early smash hits, both men have launched some money-losing flops. Wozniak dropped as much as $20 million in 1982 and '83 as promoter of California's US Festivals, two Labor Day rock extravaganzas. With some $70 million of his fortune left, Wozniak resigned from Apple early last year to develop an infrared remote-control device capable of simultaneously operating several types of components, including TV sets and videocassette recorders. So far, his CL9, an abbreviation of "cloud nine," is not profitable and has produced only one product, a $30 device that amplifies the signal...
...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...