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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Kanel adds that although the tourist board does not "actively promote" this particular pastime, "in this kind of spectacular environment, one can hardly resist the temptation to hike naked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Another Reason to Visit Switzerland: Hiking in the Nude | 3/24/2009 | See Source »

...hugely successful Timbaland-produced album, performed in an elaborate presentation that featured Olympic-champion figure skater Yevgeny Plyuschenko skating next to him. Bilan won the finals and afterward was congratulated by both Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. (See a pictorial tribute to the spectacular cheesiness of Eurovision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eurovision in Russia: Politics and Pop Music | 3/16/2009 | See Source »

...lackluster performance that left its players angry and disappointed. “I think that we shot ourselves in the foot,” senior Kaitlin Martin said. “I don’t think that Brown did anything really spectacular. We just threw it away.” Harvard sophomore Jess Halpern once again led her team with three goals, while senior Sarah Bancroft and Martin registered two scores each, but they could not match Brown’s total team effort. Eight different Bears found the back of the net, paced by senior Jesse Nunn...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Drops Match to Brown in Lackluster Team Performance | 3/15/2009 | See Source »

...This Together After a decade in the tank, Japan's economy started to recover around 2003, buoyed by spectacular growth in China and the U.S. This year's slump is correlated with the collapse of external demand; in January, Japan's exports were down an astonishing 46% compared with the previous year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lessons From Japan | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

...think that more and more comic books are catering to the movie industry,” says Billy Tan, a Marvel comic book artist and guest speaker at last Sunday’s Boston Comic Book and Toy Collector’s Spectacular. “Comic books are becoming and more and more popular.” Over 40 comic books have been adapted to film over the past 10 years, many grossing as much as $100 million. Developments in computer technology have made it possible for improved visual effects to convincingly translate fantastic images from the comic page...

Author: By Edward F. Coleman and Bram A. Strochlic, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Hitting the Comic Books | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

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