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...PAULO, Brazil: A Brazilian domestic jetliner crashed shortly after takeoff today, killing at least 95, Brazil's Globo TV network reported. The plane, a Fokker-100 belonging to TAM regional airlines, took off at 5:45 EST this morning and, according to Globo, dipped right sharply, struck an apartment building and eight houses and burst into flames. As live TV coverage showed a row of bodies covered with black plastic on the sidewalk and firemen sprayed smoking bits of the airplane with hoses, the search for casualties amid the rubble on the ground continued. The crash occurred about one mile...
After visiting UNICEF projects in Romania, Costa Rica, South Africa, Brazil and Barbados, Mary Carlson is also anticipating "a dialogue that lasts a year...
...arms being raised, in victory or despair. A man called Talant scored with two minutes left to lift Spain to the medal round, above Egypt, in team handball, 20-19. The perennial Olympian, basketball hero Oscar Schmidt, in his fifth and last Games, put up an absurd shot for Brazil with 17 seconds left, and it fell in, and Puerto Rico was defeated. In the new sport of women's softball, an American pitcher was one strike away from a perfect game when reality fell asleep--she gave up a home run and lost...
...United States won its pool with a 5-0 record. Argentina qualified for the men's volleyball playoffs with a 3-1 win over Poland, putting more pressure on the United States in its final pool match tonight. Argentina had been tied for second place with the United States, Brazil and Bulgaria at 2-2 in Pool A. The United States plays Bulgaria tonight, while Brazil, the defending gold medalist that routed the Americans 3-0 on Saturday, plays pool winner Cuba (4-0). The top four teams in the two pools advance to the quarterfinals. -->
...example, my roommate is from Taiwan and I usually eat breakfast with him in Kirkland House (assuming I'm not too tired from studying late the previous night). During lunch, I will eat with my Italian friends. During dinner, I will eat with some friends from Brazil or France or Japan. During my classes and during my entryway's sponsored study breaks--held about once every week--I will meet even more students from even more countries...