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Darwitz scored at 1:44 into the second and again at the 7:10 mark of the period to spark a three-goal outburst in a span of less than two minutes. At 18, Darwitz is the second-youngest player on the U.S. team, but she’s far from inexperienced at skating against older players. In 1996-97, she had 85 goals and 42 assists for Eagan (Minn.) High School; at the time, she was only in seventh grade. At 15, she became the youngest player ever to make the U.S. national team. On this year?...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Chu, Mleczko Score in US Olympic Win | 2/13/2002 | See Source »

...When things aren’t going [well], you just can’t stay with the status quo,” Mazzoleni said. “You’ve got to try to change things to get a spark. Something as small as a line change can have an effect...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hockey Left Red in the Face | 2/4/2002 | See Source »

...acting career with Robert Altman’s sorely underrated Dr. T and the Women) as John Klein, a star reporter for The Washington Post who loses his wife (Debra Messing) in a car accident that may or may not have been predicted by a mysterious Mothman. A certain spark, courtesy of director Mark Pellington, energizes these opening scenes: the car accident itself is well-staged and slightly creepy, but the rest of the film lacks the tension required of a successful thriller. The film also lacks the elements required of a successful paranormal mystery; consequently, the whole movie falls...

Author: By Vijay A. Bal, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Prophecies’ Bores | 2/1/2002 | See Source »

...along has been to keep the vaunted energy-trading unit operating. That group accounted for 90% of Enron's revenue, and Friday it was sold at auction to UBS Warburg for a price to be disclosed this week. The courts must approve the sale, however, which promises to spark legal fireworks from creditors, who will want to make sure the company got a fair price. Not that it will matter much to Enron. The company has little chance of emerging from Chapter 11 intact. Says Peter Chapman, president of Bankruptcy Creditors' Service: "Assets are being liquidated for the benefit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enron: Who's Accountable? | 1/13/2002 | See Source »

...avoided just because it's croc breeding season. Rick leads us on a 3-km walk to nearby Gubara Falls and the still waters of a shady rain-forest pool. There's not a crocodile in sight, but there are enough croc-resembling logs floating downstream to spark the occasional frisson of primal fear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Walkabout in Australia's Wild Eden | 12/31/2001 | See Source »

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