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...closing line at the end of every show: "Bon appétit." Gina Piccolino, Executive Director Bread Bakers Guild of America North Versailles, Pennsylvania, U.S. A Governor's Secrets I know what I think about New Jersey Governor James McGreevey [Aug. 23]: What a wimp! He is not a hero or a victim, as he would like to be portrayed. He could have been open about his homosexuality. Instead he chose to get married and run for Governor and tried to keep his private life secret. He might have succeeded if he had not created scandals with some...
...Diary of a Madman. This short story, which told of a world filled with bloodthirsty cannibals, was an attack on imperialists and China's own feudal system?both accused of devouring the masses. So astute was the critique that the story's madman became a revolutionary hero of sorts, and Lu Xun came to be heralded as the father of modern Chinese literature. In Ran Chen's novel A Private Life, set in Beijing in the late 20th century, the heroine follows a similar path. In the book, the scars from the Cultural Revolution are fresh, the social and economic...
...Performance of the Week For two years Miramax let it languish. But with Quentin Tarantino's imprimatur, Zhang Yimou's Hero finally hit U.S. theaters on Aug. 27?and what a hit it was. In its first weekend the multi-hued martial-arts thriller, which stars Jet Li as an imperial assassin, earned $18 million?a record opening for an Asian movie and the second best for a foreign language film after The Passion of the Christ...
Even after the Spitzian attempt for a record harvest of gold had evaporated into the blazing heat, fans were too invested in the sheer breadth of Phelps' program to abandon their new Olympic hero. They continued to stream in, not just into the Aquatic Center in Athens but also via NBC's coverage. The pool venue sold out every day, according to organizers, and by Day Three, TV ratings exceeded those from the Sydney Games, no doubt owing to the unfolding drama of Phelps' staggering effort. --By Alice Park/Athens
KEPT IN OFFICE. HUGO CHAVEZ, 50, President of Venezuela; by the country's voters through a recall referendum; in Caracas. The leftist leader, hailed as a hero by the nation's poor but denounced as authoritarian by his critics, drew a 59% majority in a vote that was challenged as fraudulent by the opposition but endorsed by former President Jimmy Carter and the Organization of American States, which monitored the election...