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...Feng returns the compliment. "I love Sutherland," he announces in halting English, as he raises a glass of chardonnay to cap a farewell party for the Canadian-born actor at the close of shooting. As the crew disperses into the night, a young woman sidles up to Feng for an autograph. Feng looks surprised, scratches his head and points to Sutherland. "No, he's the famous one," he says, a lopsided grin taking over his face. "Big Hollywood man. Me, I'm just an ordinary guy." That's the creed that makes Feng China's top director: keeping it funny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping It Reel | 7/23/2001 | See Source »

...began their courtship while Bush was still a presidential candidate. Last July, during the funeral in Atlanta for Georgia Senator Paul Coverdale, Bush walked up to Kennedy and said, "I understand that what you do, you do well." Kennedy wasn't sure if that was a compliment or a jab, but five months later, while Kennedy was vacationing in the Caribbean, President-elect Bush phoned him and sounded him out about working together on education. Kennedy liked the idea. On Jan. 20, during a congressional lunch after the Inauguration, Kennedy got former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson, a conservative friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Best For The Patient? | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

...with none of what he calls "that big star shit." He concludes: "She's the only actress I'd pay money to go and watch in Hong Kong." Mainland Chinese actor Geng Le, who worked with her in Beijing Rocks, calls her "effortless," which he clearly means as a compliment. Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung bursts with praise. "She told me she wants to give up acting," Cheung says. "I keep telling her she should do less, but that she must not give up. It would be criminal. She could go very much deeper if someone made her want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shu Perstar! | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

...relief tour, which he described as "a surreal crossover act, a rock star, a Kennedy and a noted economist crisscrossing the globe like the Partridge Family on psychotropic drugs." By the time Bono called incoming Harvard President Lawrence Summers a "nutcase and a freak"--he meant it as a compliment--many students were chanting and exhibiting signs of deep Elvis, proving you can bring cool to Harvard, but nothing can make Harvard cool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 18, 2001 | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

Balestracci will lead an improved defense next year that should compliment Rose and his air arsenal of Morris, Sam Taylor, and Dan Farley as well as the ground assault of Nick Palazzo and Matt Leiszler. Judging from spring practice, the kicking game has improved and special teams will be less of a liability next year than it was this year...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Football Flirts With Ivy Title, But Falls Short | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

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