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...denim, but it is the young girl's outfit that catches the eye. She is nonchalantly wearing a plunging bra under a tiny knitted opera jacket, and around her hips is a sarong made, it appears, out of a doll's handkerchief. By her accent she is from some Nordic land, but you sense the locals wouldn't welcome an outsider's attempt to chat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spiritual Refreshment | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

...season, posting ninth-place finishes at the Dartmouth Winter Carnival and the Williams Carnival before closing out the season by finishing ninth at the Winterbury Carnival. “It’s a step up from 10th place, where we’ve traditionally been,” nordic coach Peter Graves said, referencing the team’s propensity to finish tenth the previous season. While the Crimson finished reliably ninth and generally near the bottom of the pack, the team noticed improvement over the course of the season that wasn’t necessarily reflected...

Author: By Daniel J. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEASON RECAP: Skiers Find Alpine Coach, Make Small Steps Towards Improvement | 6/5/2006 | See Source »

Pugnacious anthems and racist diatribes have never been in short supply at Nordic Fest, an annual white-power Woodstock held over the Memorial Day break near the former mining town of Dawson Springs, Ky. And this past weekend was no exception. On the agenda were a Triumph of the Will--themed running event and a cross "lighting" sponsored by the Imperial Klans of America. But something new did arise at Nordic Fest this year: bellicose talk and plans of action against illegal immigrants. Among the scheduled guest speakers was Hal Turner, a New Jersey Internet radio talk-show host...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Immigration is Rousing the Zealots | 5/29/2006 | See Source »

...hoping to make the May 20 finale, with odds calculated by the gambling site Sky Bet. Finland: Lordi Hard Rock Hallelujah. Prepare for the day of rockening. Some Finns aren't convinced this heavy-metal band, decked out like a group of J.R.R. Tolkien refugees, should represent their placid Nordic nation. But chainsaw-wielding Lordi insists it's not a Satanic group, offering a song called Devil Is a Loser as proof. Final odds: 25-1 Lithuania: LT United We Are the Winners. The Baltic state came in dead last in the 2005 semifinals. Could LT United's entry, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Will Rock You | 5/7/2006 | See Source »

Once while I was dean of the College, Harvard apologized to the NCAA because a student parked overnight at the Dillon Field House. A nordic skier had left his old minivan at Soldiers Field so he could ferry his team to practice early the next morning...

Author: By Harry R. Lewis | Title: Amateurism On and Off the Field | 4/21/2006 | See Source »

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