Down Under Raves.Jim Kruse, an executive vice president and managing director of Grubb & Ellis Co., had a different view of the Olympics than most Angelenos: he went to Sydney as a commentator on the water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. events for NBC-TV. He was once a member of the U.S. national men's water polo team and played on the 1976 U.S. Olympic men's water polo team. Needless to say, he couldn't help but notice a few differences in the way the Olympics went down in Sydney compared to major L.A. events, such as the i winning the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= championship or the Democratic National Convention. For example, no one rioted in downtown Sydney. Despite added security related to the Olympics, no one panicked and left downtown Sydney a ghost town ghost town, term for any once flourishing American community that has been abandoned, generally for economic reasons. While most of the towns have little or no population, they often contain old buildings, which may serve as tourist attractions. during that city's shining moment. And police didn't wear bulletproof Refers to extremely stable hardware and/or software that cannot be brought down no matter what unusual conditions arise. See industrial strength. bulletproof - Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely robust; lossage-resistant; capable of correctly vests. "They're not as uptight as Americans," said Kruse, who described Sydney as something like London-on-the-Caribbean. "They almost seem to enjoy their lives a little more." |
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