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...dusk when the first fireball burst from the Mekong. A glowing pink orb hovered over the chocolaty waters for a split second then accelerated noiselessly skyward, winking out some 100 meters above. Minutes later, another soared from the roiling river. Then some way downstream, a string of four burst into a bruised sky that was looking angrier by the moment. Each tiny eruption was greeted with a jubilant roar, like a kickboxing crowd hailing a series of withering knee strikes. The lights looked a bit like exploding flares, though there was no hiss or smoke, no sparkling arc back...
...only Crusader besides Confessor to record any return yardage whatsoever Saturday. Though Crusader David Kasouf lined up alongside Confesor on each and every kickoff, he appeared to be following explicit instructions to get out of the way and let Confesor take over as soon the kick headed skyward...
...Traveling east, the 60-kilometer journey from Dili to Manututo matches any of the world's great coastal drives. The road hugs the limestone cliffs, swooping down to sea level then rising skyward again, where the view of the iridescent blue waters beckons the bather within. Give in to the urge: the water is cool and clean, and the coral a few feet offshore is stunning...
...late June. Like most of his generation, the 27-year-old Matsui has spent the last month obsessing about the World Cup and looking to soccer, not baseball, players for style tips. He wears a soccer bracelet and spends several minutes fluffing his thick mop of tinted hair skyward so he can look more like English star David Beckham. "I've always liked Beckham," he says. "He's why I dyed my hair...
...reports that sales of graphic novels are "rocketing skyward in general trade bookstores." ICV2.com, a cultural trade news site, recently reported that advance orders on graphic novels in comics stores were up 23% in the second quarter of 2002, compared with the second quarter...