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Harvard junior co-captain Jennifer Botterill lit the lamp just 52 seconds into the Canadian National Team's meeting with Russia last night at Rochester. Team Canada never looked back on its way to a 5-1 victory...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Botterill Leads Off Canada's Win Over Russia | 4/4/2001 | See Source »

...LANKA The harvest is celebrated on April 14 with a rare coming together of the Tamil Hindu and Sinhalese Buddhist communities. The country grinds to a halt for a week as everyone flocks back to the parental home. Drums across the island announce the New Year. Hearths are lit to cook milk rice, and state television counts down to the auspicious time for the meal to begin. Firecrackers explode throughout the night. Families eat festival food, including cakes and sweetmeats. If you can arrange it, this is one holiday best enjoyed in a family home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forget Eggs. Try Asia's Wild Eastertime Fetes | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

JAPAN Japanese do not take Easter off, but the cherry blossom season and its attendant festivals will be in full bloom across the country. Don't miss the candle-lit gatherings in the bigger parks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forget Eggs. Try Asia's Wild Eastertime Fetes | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...kiss each other's bodies. Then they pour it on?warm, succulent, osculant, shadowy love. The crew has been joined by a couple of hangers-on, though there were about 100 more who wanted to hang, and everyone sits round the monitor liking what they see. Cigarettes are lit, but nobody's puffing. Cans are open, nobody's drinking. The whole scene takes three minutes but it plays like slow motion. "Cut," cries the director. The girls rush from the bed to the monitor to see the playback, which they view tensely, clearly a little embarrassed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pride & Passion | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...both on the House floor and in the dimly lit committee parleys - may be the star power of the man who's gotten McCain-Feingold this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For McCain, Still Plenty More (Capitol) Hills to Climb | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

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