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...heat was on. After two minor films, Wong Kar-wai knocked on Mok's door for the Chungking Express follow-up, Fallen Angels, in which she wore a wig and played Punkie, a semicrazed jilted girlfriend. That won Mok a best supporting actress award from the Hong Kong Film Academy. "She's not one of us and nobody knows what to do with her," says Kar-wai, Hong Kong's bard of nihilism and neon. "The Hong Kong Cantonese look at a young Maggie Cheung and see her as the girl next door. They look at Karen...
...calculates a cost of living for students of over $40,000, including tuition. The maximum entrance award is $32,000. The grant for those on full aid drops to $28,000 after the first year, and many students get much less than that, Monell said. The gap is filled by student loans—to the tune of $10 million a year...
...Chill, dude; the PowerSki Jetboard makes its own waves. Driven by a two-stroke engine that generates 350 lbs. of thrust, the Jetboard can carve up even the glassiest surface in a sport that combines the ease of water skiing with the freedom of surfing. The award-winning engine, designed by a 53-year-old former pro surfer, weighs only 30 lbs. and is just 61/2 in. high. A flexible pole in the bow controls speed and direction. It also houses a speedometer, fuel gauge and kill switch...
...thing. As water in the sand evaporates through the surface of the outer pot, it carries heat, drawing it away from the inner core. Eggplants stay fresh for 27 days, instead of the usual three. Tomatoes and peppers last for up to three weeks. A recipient of the Rolex Award for Enterprise, Abba, 37, who hails from a family of potmakers, is using his $75,000 award to make the invention available throughout Nigeria. He has already sold...
...Friday night, the Crimson was without the services of Hobey Baker Award candidate Dominic Moore because of his disqualification penalty against Dartmouth...