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...dove for her pillow in her Hong Kong hotel room after a rough day traveling, Swedish businesswoman Margareta Anderssen spotted something moving on the desk. Inside a small bowl was some colorful plastic sea-stuff, sand and, unmistakably, a live, tail-flapping goldfish. "Hi!" read a message stuck on the bowl. "What am I doing here?" the cheeky note asked. "Let's face it. You're in Hong Kong alone and maybe you need an ear to talk to at night. I'm a great listener. I'm here as long as you want me, but if you're tired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detour | 6/24/2002 | See Source »

...With his nearly automatic 6-2, 6-3 win over ODU's No. 1 Daniel Anderssen, sophomore phenom Blake capped off another fine week in his collegiate career...

Author: By Peter D. Henninger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Tennis Tests No. 16 Ranking at Blue-Gray | 3/18/1999 | See Source »

With his nearly automatic 6-2, 6-3 win over ODU's No. 1 Daniel Anderssen, sophomore phenom Blake capped off another fine week in his collegiate career...

Author: By Peter D. Henninger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: No. 16 Tennis Faces Blue-Gray Test | 3/18/1999 | See Source »

...lines of Leif Ericsson's 10th Century vessel, sailed from Norway to New York en route to Chicago's World's Fair. Her welcome to the U.S. was so lavishly staged by the Norwegian Society of Brooklyn that six of her crew, including Captain Magnus Anderssen, ended up in Brooklyn's Butler Street police court charged with being drunk and disorderly. The presiding magistrate, James M. Tighe, who happened to be president of Brooklyn's own Celtic Varuna Boat Club, was not impressed with the difficulties of the Norsemen's voyage. "A boat like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWEDEN: The Way of a Viking | 7/10/1950 | See Source »

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