Word: fielding
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...blackface charade is on the air! A troupe of darkies in their field-workers' clothes and prison garb are singin' and dancin' and funnin' away, in a skewed, bitter, made-for-TV version of the old minstrel show. The feet flash, the banjos are pummeled; the energy level ascends in megavolts, moving beyond satire into irresistible entertainment. And suddenly a weird thought creases the moviegoer's skull: TV could use a comedy-variety show with a self-lacerating edge; and Mantan: The New Millennium Minstrel Show--the defiantly offensive TV parody that is at the heart of Spike...
...Marion Jones. She was impressive, certainly, especially as she had to compete in the wake of allegations that her husband was a drug cheat (see box). She won the 100-m sprint before the news broke. In the 200-m, she had to run from the controversy and the field, which she did easily. But she knew coming into the Games that the long jump posed her big challenge, and on Friday she could not harness her speed, crashing out with four fouls in six jumps. Germany's Heike Drechsler took honors, Jones a consolation bronze. On Saturday, skittish baton...
...TIME: Will you launch your own party? SALINAS: My decision is to be in the field of ideas...
Harvard will resume its Ivy charge today at 3 p.m. at Ohiri Field against a Cornell team that has had trouble finding the back of the net this year. The contest will count as both a tournament and league game...
Vermont will round out the four-team field in this year's edition...