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...silky threat of the mature Hannibal Lecter. But he's missing, as is Anthony Hopkins. So Webber takes his cue for pacing and tone from the young Hannibal. Alas. As played by Gaspard Ulliel, he's just a gawky, monosyllabic adolescent. You get hints of Hannibal's empathy - his gift at mind- and heart-reading - and the briefest pass at his fascination with culinary matters. But this Hannibal is hardly even a rough sketch for the later Lecter. Indeed, he's virtually unrecognizable...
...Witness was given an emotional reception of cheers and tears. Railbirds, decked in owner Archie da Silva's green and black, waved Silent Witness flags and posters. Da Silva, a hard-headed Hong Kong businessman, wept. Trainer Tony Cruz, a Catholic, described his charge to local reporters as "a gift from...
Rubin does have a gift for setting people at ease. In the Malibu, Calif., home he shares with his girlfriend, he shuffles around barefoot in loose khakis and a white T shirt, trailed step for step by a lazy-looking dreadlocked puli. He has three laptops full of music in his living room but can't work iTunes on any of them, and when friends stop by, he greets them with well-intended but lung-collapsing hugs. He's your classic effortlessly amiable clumsy dude--a metaphorical Buddha in a terry-cloth robe...
...chili-laden specialties favored by natives, including marinated rabbit heads and roasted duck jaws. Samsung reopened its operation here in 2004, but it is going native. Shoppers in China's west, says Ko You Chan, Samsung's managing director for the western districts, usually expect a small gift when they make a major purchase. So Samsung liberally doles out free DVDs and other goodies. Result: sales of Samsung consumer electronics were up 50% in the region in 2006. The lesson, says Ko, is that "it's not easy to control everything from Beijing...
...very small group of Americans. The volunteers brigade has contributed everything from special needs homes to jobs, but nothing as sweeping as the center dedicated Monday. The $50 million facility was built entirely from private funds and handed over to the Brooke Army Medical Center here as the largest gift - and the only fully designed and equipped hospital - ever given by charity to the government. Funds flowed in from 600,000 donors, checks ranging from $1 to $1 million, primed by Don Imus radio pitches and Avon sales of patriotic pins...