Word: actioner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rudest awakening, however, could be the one that begins next Monday, when the antitrust action brought by the Justice Department and 20 states kicks off in Washington. While it will not be the trial of the century--there is already too much competition for that title--U.S. v. Microsoft could be the trial of the 21st century. Redmond's defenders and detractors agree that the case marks a turning point for antitrust law--and for any would-be monopolist of the third millennium. Will the 108-year-old Sherman Act establish a beachhead in cyberspace? Or will antitrust cops...
...They divided their attention equally among students, refusing to let a small group monopolize discussion. "Research shows that unless specific action is taken, four to seven people tend to dominate any group," she says. "In a coed class, more of the attention getters may be boys, but a lot of boys, as well as girls, are left out. A single-sex class does not change the pattern--only deliberate inclusiveness works for everyone...
...show, with crude plots and characterizations--but this actually makes it a pleasure to watch since it provides a B-movie charge and doesn't require the viewer to care about anyone's alcoholism or love life. What makes Martial Law distinct though is its intricate, speed-of-light action sequences and its humor, and these both derive from the talents of Hung, who has been a star of comedy-action films in Hong Kong since the 1970s. The result is a series that will win no Emmys but is highly entertaining, and whose sheer craft, at least...
...year ago, Hung would never have imagined that he would be appearing in prime time. Last March Terry Botwick, a programming executive at CBS, learned that veteran Hong Kong action director Stanley Tong was interested in developing a martial-arts show for American TV. That's something Botwick had wanted to do for a long time, and he and Tong proposed such a series to Leslie Moonves, the head of CBS Television. CBS has a new strategy of trying to appeal to young men, and Moonves liked the idea. He ordered up a pilot, collapsing the development process, which usually...
...acting until Tong, with whom he had often worked, proposed Martial Law. Now Hung spends 12-hour days on the set, with the occasional game of golf as his only distraction. The show has two crews working at once, one shooting the dramatic sequences and the other shooting the action. The latter crew consists of Tong and several other veterans of the Hong Kong film industry. Hung helps stage the fights, performs all his stunts and appears in the dramatic scenes. Still, he says, "the biggest challenge for me is English." Before the show went into production, he took...