The name Naples caught on when promoters described the bay as "surpassing the bay in Naples, Italy".

Few events demonstrate the strange alchemy of Mr. Gorbachev's political force field better than today's extravaganza on what the promoters described as "the sacred soil of Lenin Stadium."

He will appear in front of a "millennium wall," which the promoters describe as a "kilometer-long granite tribute to the next 1,000 years."

Its promoters describe the 90-minute show, with a cast of 70 and a $41 million price tag, as "a surrealistic, high-tech journey through time and space."

Her promoters have described her as appealing to audiences everywhere.

The promoters describe their creation as "Disney World with nets."

The promoter describes its airfield as "small, but high-quality".

One promoter described the town of Langston, Okla., as "Fertile as ever was moistened by nature's falling tears or kissed by heaven's sunshine."

Even before Holyfield emerged as the indisputed world heavyweight champion, Don King was bleating that Mike Tyson, whom the promoter describes as "my fighter," deserved to be Holyfield's first challenger.

Cheryl Simon, a spokeswoman for Battlecade, said last night that the promoters had accurately described the event to armory officials and that "until we hear otherwise, our event is taking place as scheduled."