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...boarded a plane for the Dominican Republic and Mexico on the first of scores of global pilgrimages that established the exultant rhythm of his papacy. People expected the youngest Pope in 132 years--a 58-year-old outdoorsman described by an Australian newspaper as "built like a rugby front-row forward"--to be energetic. Yet even St. Paul, the archetypal evangelist, might have wondered at John Paul's 1989, a fairly typical year, featuring stops in Madagascar, Reunion, Zambia, Malawi, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, South Korea, Indonesia, East Timor and Mauritius. His visits, especially to the Third World...
Such trials can sometimes bring families closer. Marianne Svanberg, 88, a Swede, suffered a massive stroke while visiting her granddaughter Kim Gagne in Santa Rosa, Calif., in January, setting off a bitter generational row between Svanberg's daughters and granddaughters about whether to put her on a feeding tube. At one point, recalls Gagne, 40, "my mother and I had a big blowup, right there in front of the doctor." The granddaughters prevailed, and a tube was inserted, but Svanberg's condition worsened. She died on Feb. 19, leaving a family that was mournful, says Gagne, but knit tighter...
...course, it was a group that had reached The Dance four years in a row...
After starting the season with a shaky 6-1-1 record, the Crimson lost four in a row to the biggest guns out west—Wisconsin and Minnesota once, and twice to Minnesota-Duluth. The team finished 2004 7-6-1, leaving critics skeptical at best at their chances to make a repeat appearance in the Frozen Four...
...this time last year, the Harvard men’s volleyball team stood at 10-5 after having completed an acceptable yet unimpressive season. This year, however, the team has been on a roll, having won 13 in a row to clinch its division...