A SIDEWAYS GLANCE AT ATLANTA : E-MAIL FROM ATLANTA SHOPPING ADVENTURE LEAVES HIM IN A HAPPY DAZE.Broke away from Games to do some shopping. Went to Macy's downtown. Walked in. Air is filled with music. Gospel choir in middle of store, performing live! Walk over and listen. Ah! Sensational! Pleasant little break from hectic Olympic activities. Singers: ``Oh happy day! Oh happy day!!'' Man next to me caught up in music. Starts to sing along. ``Oh happy day!'' OK. That's nice. Now stop. Man doesn't stop. Man starts to sing louder and sway with music. ``Oh happy day! Oh happy day!!'' Man can't sing. Man can't dance. Does so anyway. Starting to really bug me. Please stop singing and dancing. Let's hear gospel choir. Don't need to hear your rendition, which stinks. Man: ``Oh happy day! Yeah!! That's right! Oh happy day! Yeah!!'' Other people looking at man. Gospel choir oblivious. So is man. Happy day being marred by aggravating few minutes in presence of major idiot. Happy day would be if man got laryngitis laryngitis, inflammation of the mucous membrane of the voice box, or larynx, usually accompanied by hoarseness, sore throat, and coughing. Acute laryngitis is often a secondary bacterial infection triggered by infecting agents causing such illnesses as colds, . Happy day would be if man dashed into heavy traffic without looking. Happy day would be if members of gospel choir put religion aside for a moment and beat man senseless. Gospel choir finishes number. Man stops singing along. Finally! Now he's walking through store, snapping fingers and swaying to imaginary music. Wonder if man has wife, kids, loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl . Wonder if they ditched him in this store. Walk out of store. Start to ponder odds of ever running into man again in my lifetime. Oh happy day! - Cyberscribe SOURCE: Michael Ventre Poor judgment or wrong company? The athlete who dares hawk Pepsi at these Coca-Cola Olympics does so at his or her peril. And a Costa Rican swimmer is about to learn the exact price of that peril. Claudia Poll Claudia Maria Poll Ahrens (born December 21, 1972) is a swimmer from Costa Rica. Career Poll was born in Managua, Nicaragua, where her german parents lived for a short period. , Costa Rica's first-ever Olympic gold Olympic Gold is the official video game of the XXV Olympic Summer Games, hosted by Barcelona, Spain in 1992. It was released for the Sega consoles, Mega Drive/Genesis and Master System, and Sega's handheld, Game Gear. medalist, had the audacity to wear a Pepsi logo on her swim cap A swim cap, or bathing cap, is a silicone, latex or lycra cap worn on the head by recreational and competitive swimmers. Caps are worn to keep the hair relatively dry or free of chlorinated water, and keep water out of the ears when worn with ear plugs. during her victorious swim in the 200-meter breaststroke and in the awards ceremony that followed. Now she faces possible sanctions, the International Olympic Committee “IOC” redirects here. For other uses, see IOC (disambiguation). The International Olympic Committee (French: Comité International Olympique) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23 said Saturday. Poll apparently is the first athlete in Olympic history to violate the ban on advertising inside venues, IOC IOC abbr. International Olympic Committee IOC n abbr (= International Olympic Committee) → COI m IOC n abbr (= marketing director Michael Payne Michael Payne is the host and interior designer of Home and Garden Television's show Designing for the Sexes. The show was aired from 1998 to 2003, and featured Michael navigating design conflicts between couples with conflicting tastes. said, and the IOC has not ruled out the possibility of stripping her of her medal. Don't forget, this is Atlanta, corporate home of Coke. Payne called the indiscretion in·dis·cre·tion n. 1. Lack of discretion; injudiciousness. 2. An indiscreet act or remark. indiscretion Noun 1. the lack of discretion 2. ``a serious breach of the Olympic Charter The Olympic Charter, last updated September 1, 2004, is a set of rules and guidelines for the organization of the Olympic Games, and for governing the Olympic Movement. Adopted by International Olympic Committee (IOC), it is the codification of the Fundamental Principles, Rules . It is a case of straight-forward advertising. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time it has ever happened in the Olympics.'' Before you jump to the conclusion that Poll was an unwitting participant in all of this, be advised that she arrived for the final looking like a NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. driver on a beach vacation. Her swim cap, in addition to plugging Pepsi, trumpeted a Costa Rican TV station and a third company that has not been identified. And when she got up on the medal stand, Payne said, she unzipped her warmup suit to reveal further advertising. Although the IOC was said to be alerted to the matter by a member of ``the Olympic family,'' Payne emphatically insisted that Coke wasn't the pool-party pooper. The case differs from other controversies involving sporting-goods logos. Last week, U.S. diving bronze-medalist Mary Ellen Clark Mary Ellen Clark (born December 25, 1962 in Abington, Pennsylvania) is an American diver who won two Olympic bronze medals. The first was in diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the second was in diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics. was reprimanded by the U.S. Olympic Committee for wearing her Speedo An earlier scalable font technology from Bitstream Inc., Cambridge, MA (www.bitstream.com). Speedo fonts used the .SPD extension. See FaceLift. warmup jacket instead of the official USOC (Universal Service Order Code) An equipment coding system created by AT&T. The number was applied to telephone equipment and to wire termination patterns. See 568A. outfit provided by Champion. At the 1992 Barcelona Games, several members of the U.S. men's basketball team draped drape v. draped, drap·ing, drapes v.tr. 1. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. American flags over the Reebok Ree´bok` n. 1. (Zool.) The peele. logo on their jackets because they had contracts with other companies. Braves have arranged to Czech out quite an unusual pitching prospect The Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From to the present, the Braves have played in Turner Field. swear it isn't a joke. Or a publicity stunt. They say they're serious about giving an Olympic javelin thrower from the Czech Republic a tryout as a pitcher. They've even set a date - Wednesday - when various members of the Braves' brain trust will take a close look at Jan Zelezny. It should probably be noted that Zelezny, 29, found the Braves - and not the other way around. Through his coach, advisor and agent, Jan Pospilsil, he made it known that he is getting bored with dominating his sport and wants to try something new. Zelezny, the Greg Maddux of javelin chucking, if you will, won his second consecutive gold medal on Saturday in his specialty and won a silver in 1988. He has set or broken the world record five times. So, the Braves shipped him some books and videotapes on pitching back in January. But at least the club is realistic enough to define the narrow prospects of success for this venture. ``The good part is that Zelezny understands that he has a very slim chance of being a major-leaguer,'' says Braves international scout Bill Clark. ``Yet he wants to take that opportunity to find out. And we'd be fools not to give him that chance. . . . It's a lot like the Michael Jordan situation. But there's a much better chance here. You're working with an athlete whose coordination has got to be something else.'' Zelezny's tryout will take place at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium and be monitored by pitching coach Leo Mazzone, some scouts, and maybe Braves manager Bobby Cox. The club has said the media will not be welcome, although a news conference is planned afterward. Love means never having to say that you're sorry As these Olympics wind up, America is not being held in a particularly favorable light in at least two other countries. What a shock - they are Iran and China. An Iranian wrestler who won a gold medal was praised by Iran's president for rubbing ``the nose of America in the dirt'' and hoisting his country's flag in ``the house of Satan.'' Rasul Khadem's gold-medal victory in the 198-pound class of freestyle wrestling on Friday also prompted President Hashemi Rafsanjani to say that the achievement was accomplished ``through the resolve of pious youth . . . despite all the mischief by the Americans to prevent this historic event in Atlanta.'' Rafsanjani did not elaborate on how the U.S. tried to block Iranian victory - gee, and credibility has always been such a strength for him. Rafsanjani characterized the gold medal as an example of ``a divine will.'' Meanwhile, according to a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times report out of Beijing, many Chinese, while taking pride in the success of their nation's athletes in the Games, still seem to feel that there is a conspiracy against the Chinese team. In addition to being subjected to bad food and chaotic bus routes, it is widely felt that Chinese athletes are being cheated out of medals by biased judges. ``They're afraid of us,'' said Zhimao Wang, 57, a postal worker. ``We're catching up with America, and they're afraid.'' Some press reports have alleged that judges in men's gymnastics have been paid off by China's rival competitors. And then there's the softball flap. The U.S. won the gold medal when Sherman Oaks' Dot Richardson hit a home run that did a little dance with the foul pole. ``A woman umpire stole the limelight by ruling fair a clear outside hit by Richardson,'' reported The New China News Agency. ``Despite strong protests from the Chinese coaches, the woman remained stubborn in her decision - all to the cheers of the crowd of home fans in Columbus, Ga.'' VOICES ``It doesn't matter who they put at anchor - George Dixon, Bill Clinton, Bill Bush, George Bush or George Burns.'' - Canada's Donovan Bailey, the day BEFORE he anchored Canada to the gold medal over the U.S. in the 400-meter relay. ``I was at home for the first couple days of the Games and watched their performance on TV. That kick-started my excitement for the Games. When the gymnasts did well we laughed, and when they didn't do well we cried. I've watched them grow up and I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if they realize the impact they have.'' - Long jump gold-medalist Carl Lewis, saying that Kerri Strug and the U.S. women's gymnasts inspired him. ``It was like organizing 2-1/2 Olympic Games.'' - Billy Payne, president of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, after two weeks of operational headaches. ``Maybe it's about time It's About Time may refer to:
- U.S. assistant coach Jesse Ravelo, a Cuban expatriate, on the team's disappointing showing in Atlanta. ``I am done. This is the last time I play for my country.'' - Center Vlade Divac, on stepping down from Yugoslavia's national team. ``(Tonight) . . . the Olympic flame will be extinguished. Exactly how the fire will be put out is supposed to be a secret. But this is Georgia and - without divulging any details of the ceremony - I'd say this to the animal rights people: No one's gonna' miss one lousy raccoon raccoon, nocturnal New World mammal of the genus Procyon. The common raccoon of North America, Procyon lotor, also called coon, is found from S Canada to South America, except in parts of the Rocky Mts. and in deserts. .'' - Rich Tosches, Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph CAPTION(S): 4 Photos Photo: (1) ``Everything they shot went in. They were sin king shots off the top of the backboard back·board n. 1. A board placed under or behind something to provide firmness or support. 2. A board placed beneath the body of a person with an injury to the neck or back, used especially in transporting the person in such a way . We just want to come back and redeem ourselves.'' - Lisa Leslie, former USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. basketball player on America's loss to Brazil - today's gold-medal opponent - in 1994 world championships (2) THE DANCING DUTCHMEN There's nothing like a gold medal to bring out the animal in all of us. That was the case Friday night when members of the Netherlands' men's field hockey team celebrated atop the medals stand following a 3-1 win over Spain. Associated Press (3) no caption (Claudia Poll) (4) no caption (Jan Zelezny) |
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