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...Initially, Yan Ming seemed Shaolin's perfect poster child. Not only did he look the part, but he was a born ham. When the monks embarked on their first exhibition tour of the U.S. in 1992, his fists were the stars of the show. But the authorities didn't realize he aspired to more than just performing. "The monk's robe I wore on stage wasn't a costume to me," he explains. "I wanted to teach people Shaolin's traditions as they'd been taught to me. I wanted to do something real." Convinced that was no longer possible...
Covering the war from Fort Lee, N.J., just isn't good enough. That is, not if you're CNBC's GERALDO RIVERA, the theatrical journalist who longs to be the bride at every wedding, the ham in every sandwich and, lately, the mullah in every mountain. Rivera, a veteran foreign correspondent, talked his way out of his $4 million-a-year contract after parent company NBC declined to send him to Afghanistan. Fox News grabbed the talk-show host and plans to ship him out mid-November. Rivera says he has contacts with the Northern Alliance; he previously reported from...
...There was no ham in the dining hall again yesterday. Is ham such a scarce fucking resource? It’s not like you have to mine it. What the fuck? Gossip Guy: crotchety lies, peeved rumors and frustrated innuendo...
...Vostock ‘02’s relationship with Hillel parliamentarian Avi C. Nehumi ’02 has rekindled her spiritual flame. “Nope,” responded Vostock, using a microwave on the Sabbath to heat up her meal of milk-battered pork-fried ham...
...thousands of the walking wounded--the hollow-eyed mothers, lovers, brothers of people who went to work two days ago and disappeared. They answer police officers' questions, they hand over dental records, they describe the meaning of obscure tattoos, they feel sick, they tear up, they pick at ham sandwiches. But only very rarely does someone begin to weep...