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Chan has also served as a co-president of the Asian American Association and volunteers as an English as a Second Language tutor with the Phillips Brooks House Association Chinatown Committee...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Marshall Scholars Selected | 12/9/1997 | See Source »

...Namath uses his big-city playboy image to this day; Mickey Mantle, the Oklahoma kid who made it big on America's biggest stage came straight out of a Horatio Alger novel; Hideki Irabu's introduction to New York was Derek Jeter giving him a tour of the Chinatown club scene; and let us not forget the New York Knicks, the lovable bullies of the NBA--the civic myth of New York lives a charmed life within its sports scene...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: Election Day Bedfellows | 11/4/1997 | See Source »

...satisfyingly rich, juicy slice of '50s noir, and quite possibly the most deftly crafted film to emerge yet this year. Slicker and less disturbingly gritty than "Chinatown," but more bang-out entertaining, it's boosted by a a superlative cast--the crown jewel of which is a trio of masterful performances by Kevin Spacey and Aussie newcomers Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce (particularly the latter) as the unlikely LAPD allies who attempt to disinter the sordid, convoluted truth behind an apparently cut-and-dried murder case...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, | Title: L.A. Confidential | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

...Vampires in Vienna last week. But in America a drama of a different sort unfolded after it emerged that Polanski's lawyer had had yet another meeting with the Los Angeles D.A.'s office, sparking a rumor that he was cutting a deal to allow the director of Chinatown to return to America. The 20-year-old warrant issued for Polanski's arrest is still in effect. He fled to Paris, fearing he would have to serve serious time for having sex with a 13-year-old girl. But Polanski's friend and producer Thom Mount says he asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 13, 1997 | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

...only place that I could consider close to this is Chinatown," Roux said...

Author: By Richard M. Burnes, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sushi and Star Market: Japan at Porter | 10/1/1997 | See Source »

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