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...Thompson, but her three relay performances brought her career medal tally to 10 (with eight gold), making her America's most decorated female Olympian. Ukrainian-born backstroker Lenny Krayzelburg cruised to victory in both the 100-m and 200-m events - but did not break a world record - and picked up a third gold in the medley relay team. Though savored, Krayzelburg's victories were expected. He is the current star of American swimming...
...freestyle finals - perhaps an even greater feat than the American's considering the Dutchman's stellar opponents. In winning the blue-ribbon sprint title, Van den Hoogenband ended the reign of Alexander Popov, who was trying to win his third straight Olympic 100-m freestyle gold. "It's not the end of the world, obviously," said the 28-year-old Russian, undefeated over the distance for seven years before the Dutchman beat him last year in Istanbul. "I have already got plenty of medals. I can't win everything. I have to share...
Things haven't been much better for the organizers of Expo 2000, the world's fair in Hanover, Germany. Meant to showcase a united Germany, it is attracting a third of the expected number of visitors so far, and a number of hoped-for corporate sponsors have yet to sign on. Organizers have fired hundreds of workers and cut ticket prices, but Expo may still leave the German government with some $1 billion in debt...
...With action maestro John Woo at the helm and a budget twice the size of a third world country, Mission: Impossible 2 should have been the summer's most unrelenting joyride. Instead we got a sluggish, often dim-witted action picture that wasn't even as enjoyable as the first Mission: Impossible. What happened? Well, you can start with the fact that Robert Towne, the man wrote Chinatown for God's sake, was apparently uninspired to do anything more with the screenplay than rip off Notorious and throw in a limp virus thriller. Then you can blame Tom Cruise...
...product rather than a religion. (The finale's chorus goes: "You and me and Pokemon... One World.") Some see this as a sign of civilization's decline. Not so. Corpratization has become the predominant cultural force in America and much of the rest of the world. Naturally it appears in our entertainment, just as the cultural forces of Mozart's time appear in "The Magic Flute." What's interesting is how little this type of live show has changed. "Pokemon Live" is third- rate even by these standards, much less as a work of art, and Mozart would be appalled...