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...Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive, KC & the Sunshine Band's I'm Your Boogie Man and the Village People's Y.M.C.A. Are these the Winter Olympic Games or a disco inferno? It does make some sense. For this is a country particularly proud of Infernos. Indeed, after the thump-thump-thumping came a reading from the poet-prophet Dante, with the Italian actor Giorgio Albertazzi reciting an inspiring passage from The Divine Comedy. In it, Ulysses urges his aging and tired band of sailors to go on with him to search for new worlds. In a fiery scene, scores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bravissimo Torino! | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

...does make some sense. For this is Italy, a country particularly proud of infernos. Indeed, after the thump, thump, thumping came a reading from the peninsula's poet-prophet, with the Italian actor Giorgio Albertazzi reciting an inspiring passage from Dante's Divine Comedy. In a fiery scene, scores of legs kicked in the air, evoking the sinners' feet in the Inferno's Canto XX. How unholy is the thrill when you sense that the circles of hell have, in the end, been transformed into the Olympic rings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Once Upon A Winter's Night... | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

...rock-'n'-roll type that lives in dark sunglasses, you'll probably hail the Oakley Thump 2 (oakley.com) as the best thing since blue jeans. Weighing just 60 grams, the Thump 2 is a pair of shades with a difference: it features a built-in MP3 player with enough capacity for about 240 songs. Style-wise, the latest Thump is a sleeker version of its predecessor: it takes inspiration from Oakley's Gascan range of sunglasses, and features a graphics-free, black iridium finish that will look as good on the street as it does on the ski slope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech Watch: Sound and Vision | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

...rock-'n'-roll type that lives in dark sunglasses, you'll probably hail the Oakley Thump 2 (oakley.com) as the best thing since blue jeans. Weighing just 60g, the Thump 2 is a pair of shades with a difference: it features a built-in MP3 player with enough capacity for about 240 songs. Style-wise, the latest Thump is a sleeker version of its predecessor: it takes inspiration from Oakley's Gascan range of sunglasses, and features a graphics-free, black iridium Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sound And Vision | 2/9/2006 | See Source »

...offense and defense are rolling, maybe you don’t really need that kicking game.Despite two failed field goals and three botched extra-point attempts, the Harvard football team relied on a versatile offensive attack and its ever-improving defense to thump Penn 29-3 at Harvard Stadium on Saturday.H-back and tight end Kelly Widman had three touchdown receptions—one more than he had all season coming into the game—and the Crimson (6-4, 4-2 Ivy) held the visiting Quakers (5-4, 3-3) without a touchdown for the first time since...

Author: By Lisa Kennelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wid' Open | 11/14/2005 | See Source »

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