Word: hsiao
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...quite ready to do the victory dance, she may be the last skeptic. The woman whose face is known across Asia yet who still isn't quite a star is making it onto the A list. Millennium Mambo put Shu Qi under the tutelage of director Hou Hsiao-hsien, a serious cine-aficionado who almost single-handedly put Taiwanese art films on the global map. (The two plan to start work on another project later this year.) Mambo didn't unduly impress the critics or crowds at its opening at Cannes?everyone was hoping for a Crouching Tiger repeat...
...Cheung's Beijing Rocks, which has pristine images provided by Peter Pau, displays dishy Hong Kong stars Daniel Wu and Shu Qi at their most engaging, but can't get much juice out of a rich-boy-kookie-girl showbiz fable. More disappointing was another Shu Qi effort, Hou Hsiao-hsien's Taiwanese Millenium Mambo. This sketch of a cranky, 10-year affair offers no insight into the psychology of pretty girls who love rotten guys; it was also visually meandering?cinematically stillborn...
Once again, doubles cushioned Harvard's victory, as the Crimson swept all three matches. Ghazal and Bajin snagged a win over Causway and Dynof 8-6, and Timoney and Ajilore handily defeated Hsiao Ning Ham and Marcu...
...input by the community has resulted in a far superior project," commission member Tony Hsiao said...
After a week of wild electioneering--and equally wild slips and slides in Taipei's stock market--the final tally provided an emotional release. "I am overwhelmed by the victory," said Hsiao Li-hsin, 30, a legislative assistant who stood among the mob that crowded the streets outside Chen's party headquarters. "I'm going to stay here all night and all tomorrow morning." Police had closed the streets to traffic for blocks around the victory party, which filled the air with confetti, firecrackers and the occasional outburst of song. "I'm going to sleep well for the first time...