Think of history’s great architects: Michelangelo. Le Corbusier. Frank Lloyd Wright. Mike Brady.
Olympics
BEIJING — He is difficult to distinguish now as cars rush by and tourists herd between one side of the street and the other. They were eager to chase the prospect of a better life back then, too. People forget that part. Massacres tend to have that affect.
BEIJING — Cheering from the pool deck, Michael Phelps won his record eighth gold medal of the Beijing Games today to become the grandest of Olympic champions.
BEIJING
I don’t care much for mascots beyond the dancing tree at Stanford, which is just bizarre enough to hold my attention for more than a second.
Despite suffering numerous scars to his public image, Kobe Bryant remains one of the most popular athletes at the Olympics. The NBA superstar arrived in Beijing to a hero’s welcome.
There is a free laundry service in the basement of our media compound.
The ages of the Chinese “women’s” gymnasts apparently were not the only things altered by China in its quest to create a perfect Summer Olympics.
It seems as if everything in China is directly linked to its ancient history.
I just returned to the Main Press Center in Beijing and there is a tank out front with a soldier peering through its window. There is also one in the rear of the massive building, where armed soldiers in fatigues stand guard.
Think efficient. The Chinese have a way of making things look easy.