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...bulletin also tells local law officials and other first responders to be aware of telltale signs of toxin production: for instance, large caches of yeast or infant formula, which can be used to grow or dilute biological toxins, and sacks of castor beans, from which ricin is extracted...
Cornell’s success utilizing faceoffs in its opponent’s zone was evident in McRae’s game-tying goal. The Big Red’s formula for success goes something like this: Rely on Vesce to win the draw, which he usually does. Have the outside wing pinch in and form a screen with Vesce, preventing the opposing team’s forwards from rushing out to attack the defenseman with the puck. Allow Cornell’s accurate shooters to fire free of pressure from the blue line...
...firm public in 1986, they have relied more on outside managers and this month announced that the family is withdrawing from management completely. Meanwhile, the family fortune has undergone a massive diversification. Through Edizione Holding, a family-owned company, the Benettons have bought stakes in operations as diverse as Formula One racing, Prince tennis racquets and a firm that refurbishes railway stations. Just last month they paid $7 billion to acquire a majority stake in Autostrade, the company that runs Italy's toll roads. (They already own the firm that runs the roadside restaurants.) Not all of their investments have...
...There's nothing new or particularly progressive in the current casting formula. Minority groups have been in Hollywood B movies since the black infant Allen (Farina) Hoskins joined the silent-screen Our Gang troupe in 1922. And though Asians can be glad they've gained leading-man status after years in the standard martial-arts Yellow Peril role?a kind of Kung Fu Manchu?the studios aren't exhibiting any social enlightenment in pairing them with blacks. Producers are just trying to make films with relatively inexpensive stars that will appeal to disparate markets: half-price actors for, potentially, twice...
...Cradle is Li's best Western film. In part this is because producer Joel Silver and director Andrzej Bartkowiak have fun ornamenting the action formula; the climax has four burly fights occurring simultaneously. It's also because Li doesn't have to do the heavy plot lifting. His co-star gets that task...