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...does. He will buy an suv, he says, red like the Chinese flag. One day, he will even open a Chinese restaurant, just like his brother has. "I cannot wait for my new life to begin," he says, pacing the beach and looking toward the sea. "I'm not afraid of the journey...
...lost to Emile Hirsch. Or, and this is when his nerdiness does finally, yes, reveal itself, the kind of action comedies that Harrison Ford did. "Like when he's talking to Princess Leia--that Han Solo attitude!" he says. "Like 'Listen, sister: Stop bitching!'" I'm a little afraid he's going to wave a fake light saber at me. And, worse yet, that I'm going to wave one back...
...have to warn women that cancer still kills [April 9].While treatments have improved greatly, without early detection of the first onset or of recurrence, cancer remains deadly. I urge all women to listen to the subtle messages your bodies send. Challenge your doctors, and do not be too afraid or too busy to make an appointment for an examination. Fund-raising commercials and cancer-center advertisements show smiling, apparently healthy patients who seem to have beaten the disease. We are still engaged in battle. Early diagnosis and detection are what will keep you smiling, improve statistics and keep...
...situation was so dire that we were afraid that the organization would be disbanded or reprimanded for being so financially strapped...
...unwarranted concerns voiced by the ACLU illustrate the fact that all the evidence must be fully examined before leaping to a judgment—otherwise, legitimate criticisms in the future will be dismissed offhand. The government has never been afraid of targeting civil liberties in the name of national security in the past, but we would be foolish to assume that this is true for all governmental policies. In this particular case, the SmartCheck scanner, aside from being another minor inconvenience, certainly does not infringe upon our civil liberties any more than the ordinary metal detector...