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...Time has only proved Hines right. Now 22, and in his debut season in Formula One - becoming the first black driver to make it onto the grid in motor racing's blue-ribbon championship - Hamilton sits third in the drivers' standings. In the season opener in Australia last month, he steered his way into third place, the best finish by a rookie in more than a decade. Three weeks later, his McLaren car sped past - and then fended off - two frustrated Ferraris to take second place in Malaysia...
This box, sealed with ribbon and wax, contains medical records and witness testimony that details how a French nun was cured of Parkinson's disease after she prayed to Pope John Paul...
...Chinese. At the Watersports World Championships in Melbourne, which ended on April 1, China completely dominated the diving competition, with its male athletes taking nine out of 10 golds on offer and bagging several silvers and bronzes too. Their one failure came in the sport's blue-ribbon event: the 10-meter board competition. China's formidable sports machine knows that it only has itself to blame for that loss. But it was willing to lose a gold to enforce a rigid discipline on its prized athletes...
...There is so much love expressed in excessively packaged goodies - literally - that this year the deputy environment minister is promoting "Eco Choco," encouraging shoppers forego extra ribbon or glittery tissue. Some other consumerist stats: one survey showed that nearly 80% of women in their 20s and 30s will be purchasing chocolate on Valentine's. Women spend about $20 for their truffle-worthy honmei, and an obligatory $6 each for their sweet-toothed coworkers, of which the average Japanese female knows six. That roughly comes out to $56 per woman, not to mention the accompanying gifts ($66 on average...
Five months after its ribbon-cutting, however, the Lamont Library Café has settled—after a few decor and menu changes—into a comfortable place along side the library’s traditional offerings of books and desks. Pandemonium has not erupted. Books have remained relatively grease-free. I would even wager that, in general, Lamont is a more productive and rewarding place than it ever was (at least for those students who have avoided boredatlamont.com...