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...shows. Thanks in part to the priest's rock-star popularity, more Brazilians are going to Mass: weekly attendance rose to 12% last year, up from 4% in 1997. "I do not use communication to denounce, but to announce Christ," he says. "Then they will open their hearts." And kick up their heels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Padre Marcelo Rossi | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

...mayoral race. Dearborn describes his thoughts about the campaign: "His constituency, as he saw it, was New York's disenfranchised: the criminals, the junkies, the prostitutes, the runaways, the hipsters; he hoped to build a coalition between them and the artists, writers, and intellectuals of his own set." To kick off his campaign, Mailer wrote an open letter to Fidel Castro, praising the Cuban Revolution and asking Castro to request that Hemingway return to Cuba. Mailer finally started to come apart at the seams during his campaign. He struck his sister Barbara across the face in an argument, breaking...

Author: By Erik Beach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Life on the High-Wire | 2/25/2000 | See Source »

...festivities in Anthony, New Mexico (the self-proclaimed iLeap Year Capital of the Worldi), which will include parades and hot air balloons, will kick off in approximately...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: 15 Minutes | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

...reviewing Michael Hutchence's eponymous and posthumous album, it would be too easy to compare his efforts with that of his former glory as the leader of INXS. Frequently topping the pop charts in their native Australia, the band broke into American consciousness in 1987 with their album Kick, an artistic and multi-platinum commercial success that spawned such hit singles as "Need You Tonight" and "Devil Inside...

Author: By James Crawford, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hutchence: Australian for 'This Rocks' | 2/18/2000 | See Source »

...time consuming as these activities are, ROTC airforce member Brian R. Smith '02 says the packed schedule can be rewarding--even when events kick off at 0600 hours. "The fact is that ROTC is what you make of it. The older you get, the more responsibility you get," Smith explains. "For instance, I hold three jobs right now, so I go to MIT an average of 3 or four times a week...

Author: By Harriet E. Green, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: In the Navy | 2/17/2000 | See Source »

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