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...College decreased emphasis on athletic programs. Intramural games between Houses grew in popularity. But to cut expenses, the high maintenance steel stands that had transformed Harvard Stadium from a horseshoe to an oval were torn down over the protests of the football coach...
...first glance, Lewis’ spacious University Hall office might seem like that of an athletic director—not a dean of the College. Adorning his walls are pictures of Harvard Stadium, the 1989 NCAA champion men’s varsity ice hockey team and the 1998 women’s basketball team, which defeated perennial power Stanford in the first round of the NCAA tournament...
...fans-10 times the number promoters were expecting-went crazy with anticipation and blocked exits, spurring fears of a Chinese Altamont, albeit one featuring Hello Kitty instead of Hell's Angels. The mall show was called off, as was a May 26 concert at Shanghai's Hongkou Football Stadium, leaving F4's China fans afraid the band had gone the way of Falun Gong on the mainland. Officials say the band isn't banned, but the same doesn't go for their even more popular Taiwanese TV series Meteor Garden, in which the F4 boys play spoiled rich kids...
...arriving at the Paris train station Boudiaf gets immediately harassed by gendarmes who suspect any Arab of being a terrorist. Desperately trying to stay neutral in an atmosphere that insists on polarization, he declares, "I'm on the side of boxing." But when he defeats the French champion the stadium erupts in a riot. As he rises to be European champ, things get hotter, especially when his brother joins the resistance and his girlfriend turns out to be an agent as well. The book culminates during the violently suppressed Paris protests...
...should it. Why should you pay $10 to have a meditative, contemplative experience with strangers when you have a DVD player with surround sound at home? Films are held at coliseums like the new giant theaters with stadium seating built for laughing, crying and screaming at grand heroics. Sophocles wrote about killing your kids and having sex with your mom and gods descending at the last second to save the day. He knew how to pull off a decent opening weekend. --Reported by Jess Cagle/Los Angeles and Benjamin Nugent and Heather Won Tesoriero/New York