Word: flair
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...Yuen directed such classic martial arts films as Fong Sai Yuk and Hong Xiguan zhi Shaolin Wu Zu (released this year on DVD in the U.S. as Legend of the Red Dragon). He also choreographed Jet Li in seven action films. The director's flair for building memorable kung fu moments has put him in high demand in the U.S., where he has been asked by several studios to reshoot some of his earlier works in English. Sitting in a hotel suite overlooking the Hong Kong skyline, the jovial director insists his movies are not only about violent engagements...
...kind of flair WUSA needs more of. These women have been coached extensively since they were kids. "Sometimes we get too technical," says Milbrett. "Coaches give you too much information. I've been allowed to develop that intuitive ability in my career and lifetime." That last part alludes to Milbrett's upbringing. Raised in a single-parent household in Portland, Ore. with an older brother, Milbrett had to be a little more independent than other kids...
French drivers must also learn to value collective safety over individual bravado and flair, but teaching them a healthy fear of the law will come first. That's where judges have to improve. Though 50% of French road deaths are attributed to speeding and 31% involve alcohol, the nation's judges are curiously indulgent to offenders. While punishment for most speeding violations is limited to fines, nearly 90% of all drunk drivers avoid prison through suspended sentences - and 40% of those convicted in fatal accidents never do time...
...tradition. Stephanie is stalked by a man in a bunny suit, a dead body shows up on her couch, and her car is blown up. She boomerangs randily between her two love interests, a bond enforcer named Ranger and a cop called Joe Morelli, written by Evanovich with the flair of a former romance writer. Evanovich also knows how to keep the laughs coming: "Fortunately, the flow on the Turnpike was steady. Good Jersey traffic. Bumper to bumper at 80 miles an hour...
...chances and conspiracies. In short, after struggling past Ireland and failing to bump Korea in traditional fashion, they resorted to the national pastimes of making excuses. They may have somewhat of a point this time, but what about the other 16? The truth is that Spain plays with the flair of the promising matador that always fails to insert the sword in the neck of the bull in the first try, which is the mark of a good fighter. The Spaniards love to use the cape, but the close sight of the horns freezes them...