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When a one-euro coin hurtled down from the stands in Rome's Stadio Olimpico in September and bloodied the forehead of a referee, some fans saw it as little more than bad luck. It cost their team, AS Roma, a penalty of playing two home games before an empty stadium. "Think of all the stuff that gets thrown on the field," a fan later griped, "and only ours hits the target...
Louis J. Bakanowsky, stadio professor of visual and environmental studies, reportedly has already run a lottery for his Literature and Arts B-17. "The Studio Arts, Theoretical and Practical Explorations...
...helicoptic view, swooping over the dome of St. Peter's, then briefly darts away to Greece to catch the sun's rays igniting the traditional torch through a burning glass at Olympia. Soon some 5,000 athletes from 85 nations parade through Rome to the vast Stadio Olimpico. The flame arrives, the Olympic flag is hoisted, and a battery of pigeons soars skyward...
...quaint old American customs were turning up in Europe, bringing new romance and excitement to the increasingly prosaic continent. ¶At Rome's Stadio Nazionale. some 12,000 puzzled fans witnessed Europe's first international Pallabase (baseball) game. Urged by loudspeakers "not to be angry with any decisions made, because baseball is a highly technical game," they watched in awe and bewilderment as a team of Spanish all-stars trounced Italy's home club 7 to 3. High point of the game: Spanish Outfielder Antonio Casals' seventh-inning fuori di campo (home...
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