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...were 8- to 10-year-old kids in the throes of religious ecstasy--including talking in tongues--and some unexpected connections between that primitive religiosity and hard-line conservative political beliefs. At camp, a cardboard cutout of George W. Bush is venerated as if it were the Shroud of Turin...
...participate in the Winter Games, and all three figured in the scoring this weekend. Senior co-captain Julie Chu notched the game-winner at 3:57 of the second period on an assist from sophomore Sarah Vaillancourt, who took home a gold medal after playing with Team Canada in Turin last winter. Vaillancourt also led the team with 10 shots. Chu’s U.S. national squad teammate, junior Caitlin Cahow, got in on the act when she set up senior Katie Johnston for a breathing-room score, and a 2-0 lead, with 2:25 left in the middle...
Last winter, speedskater Joey Cheek was on top of the world.Years of training had finally paid off, as Cheek picked up two medals at the Olympic Games in Turin, Italy. And after he donated his winnings to Right to Play, an organization that uses sports as a tool for the development of children in disadvantaged areas, Cheek’s teammates picked him as the flag-bearer for the Games’ closing ceremony.Sure, he didn’t get into Harvard, but he was at the pinnacle of his career and, briefly, at the center of American sports attention...
...Pinot Grigio and the lilt of Italian conversation are not typically heard off the coast of West Sumatra. But then the coast of West Sumatra is not, as a rule, home to people like Nanni Casalegno. The 62-year-old Italian quit his job and left his home in Turin in 1991, after finding his heaven on earth in Indonesia. In the 15 years since, the former insurance broker and his wife, Federica, have turned 0.9 km of pristine beach on the remote island of Cubadak into Paradiso Village - the best diving resort in the area, and a bucolic getaway...
...RELEGATED. Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina, three top Italian football clubs, to the second division for their part in a national match-fixing scandal; in Rome. Turin's Juventus was also stripped of its last two championship titles, and had 30 points deducted for the forthcoming season. Rival AC Milan, also implicated in the scandal, will remain in the first division, but faces a 15-point handicap and expulsion from Europe's lucrative Champions League competition. All four clubs are expected to appeal...