Still, Morales, 53, worries the projects devoted to centennial-related events could well be drowned out by the gathering wave of regular TV fare.

CNN: Glancing Back

The few hundred Mali supporters who had made it to the game were well and truly drowned out.

BBC: Football retakes centre stage in Angola

Well, what did it matter, drowned in a bag or starved in the corn?

NEWYORKER: Puppy