Word: torino
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...year-old Greek poem extols the power of music to enfold and enlarge Olympic glory. And so in the Italian host city of Torino, the athletes of the world marched into a stadium originally erected by former Fascist leader Benito Mussolini to several ancient tunes, such as 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...
...opening of the 20th winter Olympics in Torino was a proud moment for Italy. But when Italy's hockey team steps onto the ice at the Palasport Olimpico on Feb. 15, it will be a proud moment for Canada. That's where 10 of the Italian team's 23 players and three of its four coaches were born and raised. Many of the names on the Italian roster - try Carter Trevisani - sound like they belong to players on an Ontario farm team. Then again, the Italian squad is like a Canadian farm team. "I still dream about playing...
...year-old Greek poem extols the power of music to enfold and enlarge Olympic glory. And so in Torino, Italy, the athletes of the world marched into a stadium originally erected by the dictator Benito Mussolini to several ancient tunes, such as 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...
...beyond Dante, the peninsula trotted out stars to tout its culture: Giorgio Armani designing costumes; Sophia Loren carrying the Olympic flag; supermodel Carla Bruni slinking in with the Italian flag; Luciano Pavarotti singing Puccini's Nessun Dorma (Nobody Sleeps) from Turandot; Eva Herzigova (a Czech-born resident of Torino) starring as Botticelli's Venus on a half shell. A Ferrari roared onstage, the speakers blared the theme from Rocky (Stallone! The Italian Stallion!), and suddenly, after a magnificent dove formation by acrobats on gossamer thread, there was a poetry-spouting Yoko Ono. (Who knew she was Italian?) The only thing...
...realities were perceptible, however. The Olympics are about the pride of the host country, but the Games also bring in worldly and cruel anxieties. Danish athletes reportedly received special protection because of the global swirl of threats surrounding the publication of cartoons inimical to the Prophet Muhammad. Everywhere in Torino and around the stadium, soldiers and police were visible. And until the disco music drowned them out, helicopters whirred loudly over the proceedings...