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...Philippines Domestic Helpers General Union. Some 2,000 South Koreans were scheduled to make the trip, and in the weeks leading up to the meetings Hong Kong newspapers pumped up the threat, until the coming invasion seemed only slightly less dangerous than the Mongol hordes. "I'm quite afraid of the Koreans," said Christine Hung, who considered closing a shop she owns along a scheduled protest route in the heart of the city...
...better off not knowing exactly what is amiss at the exclusive English private school Hailsham. But something is definitely off. The teachers are afraid of the students. The students are afraid of the forest. And nobody wants to put into words just what exactly is going on here. Set in a creepy alterna-England, Never Let Me Go is a horror novel, but it's less about fear than it is about a deep, existential sadness that the world is such a horrifying place. By the time you learn the secret it's much too late: you've been drawn...
...many advance tickets as another recent Focus Features’ release, “Pride and Prejudice.” “We’ve sold out every single show in all five theaters,” Schamus said. And Schamus is definitely not intimidated or afraid of the cultural backlash the film might receive from certain cohorts. “If you have a problem [with the film], see a therapist,” he added with a winking grin...
Don’t be afraid to let your interests evolve and take risks. There’s definitely a mentality that you have to know the moment you come in that you’re going to x-doctor or y-whatever else, but it’s the quality of your direction, the strength of your direction, that’s going to govern your success...
...isn’t afraid of falling any more. Initially, his Harvard career led him away from the disco and into the ivy-covered walls of The Harvard Crimson, where he scaled the ranks to become Associate Editor of FM, Fifteen Minutes Magazine, as a mere sophomore. This fall, Fee conceived an idea to mate his two interests, dance and FM. Their love child? The Fifteen Minutes Dance Team...