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...still, something has changed - a new gentility does seem to have taken hold. Conspicuous consumption is so 2000, and not just because the dot-com bust means nobody has the resources to consume conspicuously anymore. Nationwide, as a mini-baby boomlet of children conceived last fall hits full stride, we're reminded that we are still hopeful for the future...
...until such time as that moment arrives, futebol provides the proud Brazilians with their best chance to be taken seriously as undisputed world leaders. That's why failure to bring home the cup is almost akin to treason. Less so for the Germans, who take their dominance in stride, as a mere byproduct of the Prussian efficiency they are so proud...
...These are also the best times to see Australia's most famous fauna up close and personal. Giant gray kangaroos feed in the clearings, and emus?those large, ungainly, flightless birds endemic Down Under?stride comically along the corrugated dirt road that loops the Pinnacles Desert. Though now protected in the area, the birds were in the past a source of food for Aboriginal tribes. Artifacts at least 6,000 years old have been uncovered here, leading geologists to assume that the area was once inhabited. Entry into the park is just $4 a person; accommodation and tours...
Dominguez, who will be on the committee choosing the Stride Rite awards for the class of 2003, wants to face the same dilemma they dealt with this year...
This summer he will be going to northern Pakistan on a Stride Rite fellowship, where he will be working in “medical informatics,” doing disease mapping and technology work—using the Internet to allow rural doctors to stay in contact with big-city hospitals...