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  Gladiator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gladiators (Latin gladiatōrēs, 'swordsmen', from gladius 'sword') were professional fighters in ancient Rome who fought against each other, wild animals, and condemned criminals, sometimes to the death, for the entertainment of spectators.
A trainer of gladiators or the manager of a team of gladiators was known as a lanista.
Gladiators who managed to win their freedom - often by request of the audience or sponsor - were given a rudis, a symbolic wooden sword, as a memento.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gladiator   (2779 words)

  
 American Gladiators :: Classic Game Shows of the Eighties: American Gladiators
An athletic challenge show in which contestants, chosen in competitions held around the U.S., went up against professional atheletes and bodybuilders in extreme physical tests.
"Atlasphere" had the contestants in giant metal spheres; contestants had to roll the spheres over targets while Gladiators, in spheres worked to knock them away from the targets.
"Joust" had contestant and Gladiator balanced on platforms, hitting each other with padded sticks until someone fell.
www.gameshowfame.com /shows/american_gladiators.htm   (220 words)

  
 Relevant History: My so-called life
Tonight are the neighborhood fireworks-- the endless number of cherry bombs, noisemakers, and who knows what else that people have picked up from unlicensed roadside stands, North Carolina, or that guy who was on the Colbert Report.
Clearly, there are a number of people in the area who believe, as Colbert put it, "It's not a true blue American celebration unless you've got a kilo of gunpowder packed into a paper towel rolled by Chinese factory workers."
My man Geraldo, who owns the place, left Cuba during the revolution, and provides a level of service that you'd expect from the late 1950s: I was a little freaked out the first time he got out a straight razor to even out the sides, but he's old school, and he knows what he's doing.
askpang.typepad.com /relevant_history/my_socalled_life/index.html   (7909 words)

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