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Back in Hong Kong, where nearly every movie kicks nonstop butt, there has been a slew of Yuens for a quarter century, thanks to two separate clans. One group comprises graduates of Yu Jim-yuen's China Drama Academy; some (Jackie Chan, Samo Hung) used their own names, while others (Corey Yuen, Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah) took as an honorific the name of their daunting, inspiring teacher...
...quite a workout for the stars. But Yuen is revered as the deviser of artful torture for Asia's top actor-athletes: Jackie Chan (the 1978 Drunken Master), Samo Hung (The Magnificent Butcher, 1979), Jet Li (The Tai Chi Master, 1993) and Yeoh (Wing Chun, 1994). Yeoh's glorious balancing act with a plate of tofu is rightly famed: she never lets it touch the ground while successfully fending off an arrogant bruiser. But just as impressive is a scene with Wo-ping himself, in the 1983 Shaolin Drunkard, where he and brother Yat-choh quaff a hundred cups...
...goal from senior forward Tammy Shewchuk brought the Crimson to within one late in the third in that game, but Dartmouth hung...
...rise of "comeback kids" is also damaging in that actual retirements mean less now. Dominik Hasek hung up his skates for what seemed like a week, and I won't care when he does it again...
Dick Cheney Vice President Inherits Al Gore's old office. Out: Earth-as-seen-from-space photo. In: soon-to-be-hung map of Wyoming...