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...Director Jira Malikul's whimsical feature posits that the fireballs are set off by Lao monks, not soldiers. The dreamy opening sequence follows loincloth-clad divers as they plant clay "eggs" along the riverbed. Illuminated boats sweep by above, lighting up the expectant faces of the throng assembled along the riverbank. Then the pink fireballs burst skyward from the water to resounding cheers. The mythical snake is breathing fire again, welcoming the Buddha back to earth...
...Princeton, a team Harvard had swept on the road merely two weeks ago. The next night, hoping to remain in first place with a win, the Crimson was unable to shake the Quakers, spotting them early leads and playing sloppy at times en route to a three-game sweep...
Behind consistently tough jump serving and an offense that featured three players in double-digits for kills, the Quakers rolled to a 3-0 sweep (15-30, 14-30, 21-30), strapping into the driver’s seat in the race for the Ivy title...
After demolishing the Tigers’ defense with 15 team kills and a .375 team kill percentage in a 30-16 victory in the first game, Harvard seemed poised for another Princeton sweep...
These are bittersweet days for the Senate Democrats; for a short while longer, they maintain a 50-49 majority and hold the chairs of the country's most powerful committees. But don't expect a last-minute surge of left-leaning legislation. With last week's Republican sweep hanging over their heads, and the looming promise of GOP control, the Dems know it would be extremely imprudent to spend their last weeks in power single-mindedly advancing their own agenda. Payback time, after all, is just around the corner...