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...That peace has long since disappeared. The spring of 2003 has seen a brutal crackdown on dissidents and independent journalists. Hijacked crop dusters and military planes are landing with increased frequency at the airport in Key West. In April, three young men who had hijacked an aging ferryboat in Havana Bay were executed by firing squad. This week, just days after Compay Segundo's death, two separate boat hijackings left 3 dead and a 10-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the head. On Wednesday, Celia Cruz, the Cuban-born "Queen of Salsa" whom Castro barred from ever...
...actresses the way they do actors. So the babe roles go to young not-yet-stars who work cheap; a star's salary may be 25 to 50 times that of his putative leading lady. Some actresses use the exposure wisely; others vanish. But each summer produces a new crop of babes in Boyland...
...this season's crop of action actresses know who's in charge: boys and men. Some relish their second-class status. Says Hu, who also co-starred in last year's The Scorpion King: "I get to be in a great blockbuster and bask in its success without having the responsibility if it fails." Others are happy for an early career push. "You have to get known, and in summer films you do get attention," says Elizabeth Banks, 29, who has the female lead (supporting Tobey Maguire and Jeff Bridges) in the horse opera Seabiscuit. For an actor, working beats...
...this year’s upstarts—like every crop of challengers in the city council election—have at least a fighting chance...
...profile? One reason it is difficult to know is that zeal is often tempered after some time spent in-country. Two centuries ago, in a similar burst of enthusiasm, such mainline denominations as the Presbyterians and the Methodists sent thousands of missionaries to the Middle East. Like the current crop, they started eager for conversions. But over time they settled for a more modest agenda that obeyed local antiproselytizing laws and focused on building educational and charitable institutions and providing humanitarian aid. Such groups still constitute the major visible missionary presence in the area, and they enjoy fruitful and respectful...