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...quest for cool hooked Zhang Han early. An art student in a loose Donald Duck T shirt and Carhartt work pants, Zhang, 20, has gone from occasional basketball player to All-Star consumer. He pries open his bedroom closet to reveal 19 pairs of Air Jordans, a full line of Dunks and signature shoes of NBA stars like Vince Carter--more than 60 pairs costing $6,000. Zhang began gathering Nikes in the 1990s after a cousin sent some from Japan; his businessman father bankrolls his acquisitions. "Most Chinese can't afford this stuff," Zhang says, "but I know people...
Despite the fact that I e-mailed Mom a detailed description of my class schedule—with times included—she still manages to call right in the middle of my geology class. During the slide on carbon dating, I duck out to take the call...
Eric Shinseki did assert that more troops were needed, but he retired on schedule in June 2003. Shinseki had clashed with Donald Rumsfeld, though, and a leak from Rumsfeld's allies turned the general into a lame duck 15 months before he hung up his uniform--long before he called for more troops...
...action scenes don't move at a clip either. Sometimes Oshii preens a little, as when the camera tracks slowly around an object. It points out what's missing in his approach: fluidity of character line, the subtlety of expression that brought humanity to a Warner Bros. cartoon duck or rabbit...
...cage, kept Iraq's chaos in the newspapers. The cumulative burdens helped explain Blair's surprise pre-operative pledge to quit before the end of his next term - assuming he gets re-elected - probably around his 10-year mark in office. This officially starts his transformation to lame duck. At least he'll have somewhere to retreat to: the Blairs have just bought a $6.5 million house in a posh London neighborhood...