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As of 12-31-08
Captions for the images below describe scenes from around the world — from France to Florida and Georgia (the country, not the state) to Hong Kong — related to this week’s evidence of war, floods, famine and fire.
Photos Capture War, Floods, Famine and Fire
August 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: · 2008, 2008 olympic games, Afghanistan, beijing, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, bread, China, cuba, equestrian, famine, fire, flood, florida, florida keys, France, georgia, gori, hait, Haiti, hong kong, Key West, missiles, Nicolas Sarkozy, olympic equestrian venue, olympic flame, Olympic Games, Paris, Russia, Tropical Storm, tropical storm fay, War
World News Captured in Photo Roundup
August 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Captions combine with photos from around the world to tell the stories of competition over some pricey materials — oil, freedom and gold medals. See the photos below for details.
Tags: · 2008 Olympics, Abkazian, beijing, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, california, Capitol Hill, China, Congress, Congressional Republicans, Day 10, Freedom, georgia, Georgia border, gold medals, House Democratics, house republicans, Men's 110m hurdles, Michigan, Nancy Pelosi, National Stadium, news conference, offshore drilling, oil, Olympic Games, Rep. Candice Miller, Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Pete Hoekstra, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, Republican, russian forces, Russian soldier, separatists, Speaker of the House, tennessee, Washington D.C., West Virginia, Zugdidi
Georgian Athlete Defeats Russian for Gold Medal
August 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments
While Russia may have won in its military confrontation with Georgia, one of Vladimir Putin’s boys lost a gold medal judo match during 2008 Olympic Games to an athlete from — of all places — the former Soviet satellite that has stood as an outpost of democracy since 1991. Hats off to Irakli Tsirekidze! [...]
Tags: · 2008 olympic games, 2008 Olympics, beijing, China, georgia, gold medal, irakli tsirekidze, ivan pershin, judo, Olympic Games, Russia, Vladimir Putin
Chinese Making U.S. Olympic Team Uniforms
July 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Reuters reports today that Chinese tailors are working overtime to produce more than 1,800 Ralph Lauren-designed uniforms for members of the U.S. Olympic Team in time for next month’s opening ceremonies in Beijing. After watching Reuters’ video report (below right) on the matter, I was left wondering why American tailors were not given the [...]
Tags: · American tailors, beijing, Beijing Games, beijing olympics, China, chinese tailors, Olympic Games, opening ceremonies, public affairs, ralph lauren-designed uniforms, u.s. olympic committee, u.s. olympic team uniforms, usoc
Jim McKay, Legendary Sportscaster, Dead at 86
June 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Jim McKay, the legendary sportscaster who rose to fame most prominently as host of ABC’s Wide World of Sports, passed away today at 86.
Like many Americans growing up during the ’60s and ’70s, I spent many hours glued to the television set, watching sports — not only Wide World, but also the Olympic Games and [...]
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