Greek spectacle "300" set to reap big numbers
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LOS ANGELES  - The ancient epic "300" marches into theaters Friday, having created so much advance buzz that it has the battlefield to itself.
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The athletes have packed up. Olympic banners are coming down. But another challenge for the city of Athens is just beginning. It&#39;s a realization that&#39;s just starting to hit the Olympic hosts
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Three cheers for the Greeks. Their show opening the Olympic Games was the most spectacular presentation I have ever seen, on stage, in the air, on ice or anywhere. What a way to begin sports&#39; grandest parade! ...
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Thousands of people are expected to turn out at 300 hunts in the UK at the start of this year's season.
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Three thousand years after their time, the original Greek Games are still easy to envision. Laurel crowns, sleek athletes and awed crowds, bathed in invocations of honor and excellence.
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ATHENS, GREECE - The crowd danced and sang and chanted &quot;Hellas, Hellas, Hellas&quot; and a taunting refrain of &quot;Puerto Rico&quot; loud enough to stir the ancients or heal Lamar Odom&#39;s pained and poisoned stomach.
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This year&#39;s opening ceremony to the Olympic Games in Athens was impressive for the mixture of allusions to antiquity and modern innovation.
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The 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Greece, have been attracting a growing worldwide audience since they began August 13. Particularly attentive have been Greek-Americans.
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The XII Paralympics begins in Athens, after a spectacular opening ceremony.
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They will be dancing in the aisles at  the Olympic closing ceremony when Greece throws a giant  Bacchanalian bash for athletes and fans.
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The rules for the 300 movie contest.
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In the midst of the heaving throng of more than 100,000 who turned out in Athens to welcome home the victorious Greek soccer team last month, someone asked how Athens would deal with the crowds during the Olympics.
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More than 30,000 are expected at the Isle of Wight festival, headlined this year by the Rolling Stones.
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ATHENS, Greece -- In a rented warehouse in Athens&#39; Alimos neighborhood, a group of Greek florists with blistered fingers are working to be a part of Olympic history.
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For the last two weeks, the world&#39;s focus was on Athens and sport and everyone was invited to a Big Fat Greek Closing Ceremony.
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The National Theater of Greece has broken a tragic habit. World-renowned for its harrowing presentations of classic Greek tragedies, the century-old Athens company returned to New York this week with a comedy, ...
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The ancient epic "300"  came out fighting at the North American box office during its  first day of release, and immediately staked out what's shaping  up as a potentially record-breaking weekend.