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...same thing. The Super Bowl fits right into the evolution of Western culture, with roots in the Greek Olympics and the Roman gladiator games. But what will scholars of the future make of the Oscars, a spectacle of prima donnas, cinematographers, John Williams and a certain gladiator from New Zealand...
RUSSELL CROWE (A Beautiful Mind) Born: Wellington, New Zealand Moved: 1968, age 4 "I need a country as big as Australia to reclaim myself...
...contrast, today’s total foreign aid by the U.S. is teetering at about 0.1 percent of GDP, which puts us in last place among the world’s 22 richest nations. Portugal, Greece and New Zealand all put in double the amount we do in relation to their GDPs, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In first place is Denmark, which is ten times as generous as we are and gave away 1.06 percent...
...other players are on Harvard’s radar screen. One is Luke Ruscoe, a 6’7 forward and under-20 New Zealand National Team member. According to rivalshoops.com, Ruscoe has narrowed his list of schools to three—James Madison, Dartmouth and Harvard...
...lucky with sponsorship. Swiss businessman Toni Hauswirth, who owns property in Fiji, took out an ad in a Fijian newspaper in 1999 offering an all-expenses paid trip to the Olympics (training base in Switzerland included) for the most promising ski candidate. Laurence Thoms, a ski instructor in New Zealand with a Fijian mother and passport, beat out the other applicants, none of whom had seen snow before...