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...acts of cruelty constantly occur. To my mind, Another of Day of Life and Shah of Shahs, about the mechanics of the Islamic revolution in Iran, are his finest works. Others might vote for The Emperor, about the court of Ethiopia's longtime dictatorial emperor, Haile Selassie, or The Soccer War, which covers time spent in Africa and South and Central America...
...Lasting Legend I was shocked that you put international soccer star Zinédine Zidane on your list of people who earned their 15 minutes of fame [Dec. 25-Jan. 1]. Zidane is in a completely different category. He may have had his 15 minutes of fame in the U.S., but in the rest of the world, he is revered, loved and considered one of the greatest soccer players of his generation. You also incorrectly assumed that this caused headaches for the French, which is anything but true. The people of France still think him a hero. Dian Xiao Harleysville...
Hell hath no fury like a soccer coach scorned. Just as Los Angeles prepares to pucker up to its newest megastar resident, DAVID BECKHAM'S old team is doing the sports-world equivalent of writing nasty graffiti on the girls'-bathroom wall. After Beckham's $250 million job with the U.S.'s Major League Soccer was announced, Real Madrid barred Beckham from playing in any more games. And team president Ramón Calderón said the English midfielder is joining the Los Angeles Galaxy because no other team wants him. "David Beckham is going to be some sort of film...
...with blinding people with their hotness. (Actually we think that's a power one of those actors from Heroes was trying to wield on the E! cameras.) When asked on the red carpet how many kids he and Angelina Jolie would have, Brad Pitt said, "We're thinking soccer team. Start our own country, enter the World Cup. And dominate it." Sounds like a nice goal, Brad. See you and Maddox at the game...
...Lasting Legend I was shocked that you put international soccer star Zinédine Zidane on your list of people who earned their 15 minutes of fame [Dec. 25, 2006?Jan. 1, 2007]. Zidane is in a completely different category. He may have had his 15 minutes of fame in the U.S., but in the rest of the world, he is revered, loved and considered one of the greatest soccer players of his generation. You also incorrectly assumed that this caused headaches for the French, which is anything but true. The people of France still think him a hero. Dian...