Word: troy
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...system will be tested early, with several non-conference games of note crowding a busy early slate for the Crimson. These include two matchups in the Women of Troy Basketball Classic, where Harvard will face UC Santa Barbara and tournament host USC. As always, this year’s schedule is highlighted by the competitiveness of the Ivy League, with two games apiece against fellow Ivy League co-champions Dartmouth and Cornell and rival Yale...
...Uncle Sam was, believe it or not, a real person. During the war of 1812, American troops near the Canadian border received barrels of pork and beef from a Troy, New York meatpacker named Samuel Wilson. Wilson stamped "U.S." on the barrels - because they were going to the U.S. military - and the soldiers joked about gifts sent from "Uncle...
...Loss upon loss, and no ill luck stirring but what lights upon Uncle Sam's shoulders," The editors of the Troy Post, Sept. 7, 1813. This is frequently but incorrectly cited as the first use of the term
...American love story between East High's basketball star, Troy, and math ace Gabriella has proven a triumph not just for Disney - which has reaped around $680 million in retail sales from the franchise to date - but for cultural globalization. In Latin America, HSM concerts play 50,000-seat stadiums. Swedes and Puerto Ricans, Mexicans and Poles have been among the millions to take in HSM: The Ice Tour, which has three worldwide touring companies. The stage show has played in dozens of cities worldwide, including Beirut, where it premiered during violent clashes. On HSM web forums, fans from Madagascar...
...Cynics can scoff at the product's bubblegum blandness, but that's precisely what's helped make HSM a global hit. The archetypes of Gabriella the brainy new girl in town, Troy the jock and Sharpay the diva travel well, as do the poppy songs and the themes of first love, cliques and friendship. Ross toured 25 regional Disney Channels around the globe two years ago, trying to convince them of HSM's potential. He met resistance "everywhere." But when Chinese or Russian marketers would fret that local viewers wouldn't get cheerleaders or basketball, he would drill down...