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...mincing tailor, the irascible landlady) and to hiss (the zither-playing assassins, the chorus line of dapper thugs, the mild-looking elderly gent they call The Beast). Chow not only casts himself on the wrong side, as a gangster wannabe, he also takes a supporting role and doesn't grab center screen until a climactic fight that follows his ascent into heaven to beg fight advice from the Buddha. The mouthy star wants to show he has as much skill behind the camera as in front of it, and Kung Fu proves him spectacularly right...
Fitzpatrick wasn’t done yet. With less than a minute left in the second quarter, he switched to a passing attack, completing tosses of 32, 18 and finally 19 yards to grab a 19-18 Crimson advantage as the half ended. Harvard never relinquished the lead, winning 26-24 and putting the role of starting quarterback into question for the remainder of the season...
...another nation’s sacrifices in the name of security. Even if the president did have the moral authority to rally the world’s democracies, it is not clear most Americans would care to see him do it. After Putin’s most blatant power-grab yet, the threat of de-democratization in Eastern Europe will likely continue to seem remote to an American public used to thinking of Russia as a defeated, ailing society—more of a joke than a potentially powerful state...
...nine of her children at home. She had no special diet; in fact, she ate exactly what she wanted. She came to the U.S. from Italy at age 19. She never learned to drive, so she walked everywhere. When she was in her 90s, a mugger tried to grab her purse. She whacked him on the head with it and spewed a few choice words at the young tough. She's the woman I've most admired in my life! TONI MITCHELL La Mesa, Calif...
...American partner bailed out by selling to Japan Tobacco. JT itself gave up on the venture when its contract expired this month, selling its stake to Chinese partners for a measly $18 million. The Marlboro Man will have to be faster on his feet if he wants to grab this bull by the horns. --By Neil Gough/Beijing...