Word: magics
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...That used to be Brazil's job, until the team went wacko. First it was just Ronaldo, whose breakdown/seizure/panic attack before the '98 final has never been explained. In its torturous qualifying round, Brazil lacked magic, and the local media have been merciless. Brazilian coach "Big Phil" Scolari was mobbed after neglecting to name onetime hero Romario to the squad. Scolari, who took over 11 months ago when Brazil was in danger of not qualifying, knows that anything short of a fifth world title will be dubbed a failure. "If I don't win," he said, "I'm dead meat...
...ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside. That child doesn't think about the labor that went into all these cybersaber dances. He doesn't think at all. He just stares up in innocent awe, at one with movie magic...
...Last year it earned $65 million. Much of the credit for the turnaround fell to Brooklyn, N.Y.-born Fields, 41, the Harvard M.B.A. who revamped Mazda's lineup with models like his red RX-7 sport coupe. Last month Ford, which controls Mazda, asked Fields to work his magic on its lagging Premier Automotive Group, which makes Volvos, Jaguars, Aston Martins and Land Rovers...
...home, like I really belonged here. Erica was the type of friend who actually listened to you when you spoke. She laughed with her whole body. Though my friendship with Erica was brief, I credit her with changing my entire perspective on this school, no small feat. It seemed magical at the time, but after meeting Erica, everything in my life started to fall into place. I realize now that it was not magic but rather the power that one person can have in changing your sense of self...
...phones plotting murder and extortion across the Arabian Sea. They speak with enormous nostalgia about Bombay, and with hatred about their new neighbors?the Arabs do not treat South Asians well, and the Pakistanis are suspicious of their new guests. They've left family and friends and the psychedelic magic of the Bombay streets behind. And when all is said and done, they are only refugees, albeit highly privileged ones...