Word: chan
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Some movie stars measure their worth by how many millions of dollars they make. Jackie Chan, Asian action-star extraordinaire, measures his by how many of his bones he has fractured while executing his films' incredible stunts. Let him count the breaks: "My skull, my eyes, my nose three times, my jaw, my shoulder, my chest, two fingers, a knee-everything from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet." Chan broke an ankle while jumping onto a moving Hovercraft in his new film, Rumble in the Bronx, which opened in time for Chinese New Year last...
Attorney General Chan Sek Keong contended that Lingle was clearly referring to Singapore. At last week's trial, Chan cited cases in which opposition politicians had been sued for libel by government officials and had in some instances been driven into bankruptcy. The article, he said, had to have referred to Singapore...
...Attorney General Chan's opinion, the case was never about freedom of speech. ``Lingle sees it as an attempt to intimidate him,'' he said at the trial. ``It is nothing of the kind. He has simply committed contempt of court by alleging the Singapore judiciary is compliant...
...Sewell Chan contributed to the reporting of this story...
Brown's address was complemented by music from the Kuumba Singers and scripture readings from Merry Jean Chan '97, the co-chair of the Harvard Foundation Student Advisory Committee, and Black Students Association (BSA) President Kristen M. Clarke...