Word: cavalierism
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As it molders under its cloth cover, China's Bamiyan buddha seems almost as cursed as its Afghan predecessor. But the reasons for its condition are peculiarly Chinese. Conceived of by the grandly named Sichuan Oriental Buddha Kingdom Co., the Bamiyan replica was to have been the prime exhibit in...
Nic Tse had the pedigree for the baddest of Bad Boys. His father is Canto-popinjay Patrick Tse-yin, prime dude of '60s cinema, who vaulted from "himbo"?male bimbo?roles in comedies and musicals to the haunted hero of the classic Story of a Discharged Prisoner (remade as A...
For stay-at-home mom Jane Collyer, 33, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, having her first of three children at 24 meant three words: mac and cheese. Besides getting by on cheap dinners, the Collyers drive a '92 Chevy Cavalier ("There's a lot of life left in it"), and husband...
The contrast between the novel and the film can be explained in the difference between the book business and the movie business. Hardcover rights to The Firm sold for $200,000, and just 30,000 copies were printed. Bookselling is by its nature a niche industry: a book doesnâ?...
Even in the interests of combatting terrorism, we cannot defend such a cavalier sacrifice of the fundamental principles of our legal system and of the liberties which make America a country worth defending. Should any accused terrorists be tried in this manner, the gross lack of due process will severely...