From: Weekly Bookmarkz [info@bookmarkz.com] Sent: Viernes 24 de Marzo de 2000 11:40 AM To: Weekly Bookmarkz Subject: Weekly Bookmarkz - March 24, 2000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Bookmarkz - http://www.bookmarkz.com - ISSN 1091-6202 ---------------------------------------------------------------- March 24, 2000 - Vol. 6, No. 07 ---------------------------------------------------------------- TOP OF THE LIST ---------------------------------------------------------------- Well, we hope some of your fared a bit better than we did in our March Madness pools. Regardless of the outcomes of the games, though, the last two weeks have provided some extremely exciting college basketbal games! Sunday is the big day...The Academy Awards! Who do you think is going to win? 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