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...refuse to grow up in real life, squiring a steady string of twentysomethings and throwing raucous parties, but onscreen, at least, BRUCE WILLIS, 50, has been embracing the realities of aging. In Sin City he was a 60-year-old cop on his last mission. Now he adopts a paunch and receding hairline to play another past-his-prime policeman escorting a witness on an ill-fated trek from precinct to courthouse in 16 Blocks, a thriller that unfolds in real time. Willis hand-picked his co-star, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's MOS DEF, after seeing...
...stick a hot poker in his ears. A few weeks earlier, in New York City, an angry Mayor Michael Bloomberg said a very bad word because 101.1 Jack FM replaced his beloved oldies station. (You'd think the guy could afford a satellite radio.) Steven Van Zandt of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band said it was like replacing the Statue of Liberty with a blow-up doll, which he meant as a negative...
...about a "global struggle against violent extremists." Terrorism experts, who for years have requested more nuanced language, are pleased. "It's a recognition that the real challenge isn't just capturing and killing the bad guys but breaking the cycle of recruitment and regeneration," says the Rand Corporation's Bruce Hoffman. "Better late than never...
...previously taboo subject into a public debate; of cancer; in Florida. She had the idea after listening to women's groups and realizing that many had faked orgasm but were afraid to discuss it. The topic, said a Ramparts editor, quickly ballooned from "a giggle to a cause." died. bruce bolt, 75, pioneer in engineering seismology, which uses earth science to influence structural engineering; in Oakland, California. By using data from sensors along fault lines, records of old quakes and analysis of underground rock formations, he explained why certain spots in active seismic areas, including those far away from...
...DIED. BRUCE BOLT, 75, pioneer in engineering seismology, which uses earth science to influence structural engineering; in Oakland, Calif. By using data from sensors along fault lines, records of old quakes and analysis of underground rock formations, he explained why certain spots in active seismic areas, including some far from the epicenter, are hit harder than others. His work influenced legislation in California, and he was consulted on construction projects from Egypt to Alaska...