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...Born in Victoria, B.C., Furtado, 21, is the child of Portuguese immigrants. As a grade schooler, she played a variety of instruments, including ukulele and trombone, but her real musical awakening came when she started listening to Brazilian artists such as Caetano Veloso, Tom Ze and Chico Science. "Portuguese music I love, but when I discovered Brazilian--that's when I was like, 'Yeah!'" she says. "Not just because it's sung in Portuguese, which I understand and speak, but because it's got all these great rhythmic elements, and there are just so many great Brazilian records...
...TIME; her dad once served as a school headmaster, while her mom worked for the Ministry of Education. Desa writes this week's education news briefs, with help from writer Jodie Morse, writer-reporter Amanda Ripley and stringer Alice Jackson Baughn. The head reporter for the section is Victoria Rainert (who turned down a teaching job for journalism...
Freeman hasn't shied from the issues. When she won her first big international title at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, B.C., she took a victory lap draped in the Aboriginal flag. Some Australians condemned her, but others who were trying to change the country's thinking adopted Freeman. Slowly, she developed into an admired character, not least because she continued to succeed, eventually winning two world championships...
...that has changed. The Rays added five bathrooms, four fireplaces, a new roof, fresh paint and hundreds of yards of window dressing. Some of the seven rooms are named after former inhabitants: Major Pierce, Bonnie Victoria, Lady Melodie and Sir Christopher...
...Victoria S. Chang '03, a biology concentrator who said she first read one of Kingston's books in one of Ulrich's classes, said the reading could not be neatly categorized...