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Finding the settlement turned out to be absurdly easy. When the Ingstads asked the locals if there were any odd ruins in the area, they were taken to a place known as "the Indian camp." They immediately recognized the grass-covered ridges as Viking-era ruins like those in Iceland and Greenland...
...opening shot of Gladiator, a rugged, combat-scarred hand reaches out and gently touches long stalks of grass, which are blowing silently in the wind. It's a hauntingly serene image, ghostly and tranquil, the kind of shot a director like Terrence Malick would undoubtedly be enraptured with. And those few seconds are about as long as it takes for Ridley Scott's adrenaline-charged combat epic to hit overdrive, rapidly shifting to Germania, where the seemingly unstoppable Roman army (a second century equivalent to the Yankees) is waiting to do bloody battle with the rebellious locals. All eyes...
...took him three tries to break his maiden at Calder Race Course before he did it at six and one-half furlongs at a healthy 16-1 price. But the horse has two quality stakes wins in the Holy Bull and the Florida Derby. In last month's Blue Grass Stakes, Hal's Hope ran just off the pace for five furlongs before tiring badly and finishing last in the field of eight. Rose swears his horse is in tip-top physical condition, and his workouts have been short but sharp. Hal's Hope is the sentimental favorite...
Controversy over the treatment of certain diseases is nothing new in this country: witness the overwhelming opposition to government funding of AIDS research in the early '80s. For years the issue was a political football--until a massive grass-roots effort forced legislators to respond. Today, the NIH is authorized to spend approximately $1.8 billion annually on new protocols, and the virus is largely under control...
...elephant), has a simple solution: the CD2 ($12.50 at Counterpoint, 888-545-5073), a simple, elegant little rack that comfortably cradles 10 CDs at a time at a pleasingly jaunty angle. It's so unobtrusive, you hardly notice it. CD2 comes in six colors, from translucent orange to grass green to metallic aluminum, and when you don't need it, it cleverly folds up to the size of a single...