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...vast third of Canada that few Canadians ever visit: the huge, deserted Northwest Territories, an area larger than India that supports fewer people than can fit comfortably into Yankee Stadium. Everywhere, he finds an ingenious effort to utilize geography for profit. He has a fine appreciation for the weight of that harsh immensity on the Canadian psyche, so different from the buoyancy imparted to Americans by their frontier. Along the southern strip, where most Canadians live, Malcolm discovers a culture of impressive accomplishment. He cites litanies of artistic, theatrical and literary figures but notices that Canada begins to resent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Different?THE CANADIANS | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...images matter. Priests poured into the crowds to administer Communion, and over their heads, the flags sailed and swooped. Banners proclaimed SANTO SUBITO, Sainthood Now, and already reports were spreading of miraculous healings by the Pope last week. "The Cardinals have seen this outpouring, and it adds to the weight of their responsibility. It says that we need to find someone inspiring," said a Vatican official. "The people want someone who will be great...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pope's Farewell: Pope John Paul II | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

Through it all, Farkes was logging lots of time in the weight room. He started lifting his arms about six weeks after getting the sling...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BASEBALL 2005: All Grown Up | 4/8/2005 | See Source »

This film also features two unforgettable moments with well-known actresses: Andie MacDowell’s Terri Green—Woodruff’s representation of the standard upper-class, meek, weight-concerned trophy wife—undergoes a hysterical transformation that involves some “soul food” and weight gain; and Della Reese’s short-lived cameo as the elderly, grouchy Mrs. Towner, who awkwardly removes her teeth before her haircut, is uproarious...

Author: By Kevin Ferguson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW: Beauty Shop | 4/8/2005 | See Source »

...president, expects to continue for the next two years. Commercials for national brands like Geico and Volkswagen can now be heard along with spots for Verbal Advantage vocabulary builders (one of Limbaugh's early sponsors), sexual potency pills and "clinical hypnotherapist" Wendi Friesen's promises of happiness, weight loss and freedom from nicotine addiction if you'll just let her talk in your sleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: America Still on the Air | 4/5/2005 | See Source »

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