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...word has been cropping up all over the sports pages of the local and international media in recent weeks, thanks to the efforts of the consummate malandro, Romario de Souza Faria. Better known to the world's soccer fans simply as Romario, the 41-year-old former World Cup winner is still playing professionally, and is just one goal away from equaling the storied feat of the legendary Pel? by scoring 1,000 goals...
...symbolic 1,000th goal has been a lesson in malandragem, as the way of the malandro is known. There is no question he was the greatest goal scorer of his generation, a "creative, straightforward, genius, goal-scoring superstar," in the words of top sports columnist and former Pele World Cup-winning teammate Tostao. Wherever he played, he scored: at home in Brazil, with top European clubs such as Barcelona, and on the international stage, where his genius was crucial to his country's 1994 World Cup victory...
...Crimson began the day well with strong performances in the morning heats that guaranteed every boat a place in the Grand Final for its respective event, and earned a number of victories in the afternoon finals to win the Rowe Cup for the best overall team, as well as the Ivy League title...
...banquet of feelings in Follies, the Encores! version of the 1932 Face the Music was a minty palate-cleanser. A topical revue by the young Moss Hart (then 27) and the veteran Irving Berlin (43; he'd live to 101), it has one hit song, "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee," and lots of impudent attitude, which the revival nicely preserved under John Rando's direction. An expert cast led by Encores! stalwarts Judy Kaye and Walter Bobbie found the fun of bankrupt millionaires and amiably venal cops improbably involved in putting on a Broadway show. It was swell...
...family. Despite high levels of charitable giving as compared to other countries, the real numbers aren’t so impressive. The average household donates 3.1 percent of its income each year, or about three dollars a day per person. The average Starbucks customer also spends $3 for her cup of morning coffee. The extent of our consumer culture, from big screen TVs to name-brand clothing, belies our charitable spirit...