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...President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. It will be up to the three judges, who also comprise the jury - Britain's brisk, outspoken May, scholarly Patrick Robinson of Jamaica and South Korea's quiet O-Gon Kwon - to make sure the whole thing doesn't descend into farce...
...than a crossroad surrounded by wineries. The heart of wine country, it is home to world-renowned labels such as Tyrrell's, Brokenwood, McWilliam's, McGuigan and numerous boutique wines not yet discovered by international connoisseurs. Below us, vineyards spread like lava far into the distance. We begin to descend, brushing the tops of trees as we drift toward our paddock, 15 km from where we started. "Take your landing positions," says our commander, "and hold on tight...
...wizard could ruin one great AOL Time Warner franchise-in-the-making. (We've got pensions to worry about.) Imagine our consternation when we found that sexual currents have been swirling around Harry's broomstick for years. "Harry had closed his eyes when he felt Draco's lips descend on his once again, and this time indifference fled as he responded instantly ... " Say it isn't so, Harry! We were happy with your other alternative lifestyle! And with a Slytherin?! (Although anyone who knows anything about boarding schools can't be overly shocked at any slitherin' in the bunks...
...resurrect itself as a Pashtun guerrilla force depends on Mullah Omar staying alive. If he lives, and if the Allied forces cannot broker a lasting, stable government in Kabul that passes on immediate benefits to the Pashtuns, then the Taliban fighters will dig up their hidden weapons and descend from the mountains, probably in six months time. The U.S. may indeed have "fractured" the Taliban's command and control structure, as the Pentagon claims, but the militia's lower echelons remain intact, along tribal lines. A commander usually recruits from his own village or town, even if the unit ends...
...Spinning Gasing refuses to descend into art-house glumness. Whenever the plot shows signs of faltering, the campy keyboard player is summoned for another one-liner. (Such as: "It's so anal being straight!") There are enough inside jokes to keep Malaysian audiences happy without alienating international ones. It is Malaysia's first motion picture shot almost completely in English, and U.S. giant Columbia TriStar plans to distribute it in Singapore later this year and possibly throughout Asia...