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...States, has a lovely gravity otherwise missing from the enterprise. And it's always great to see Liu, who bounded onto the Hong Kong screen as the head-shaved star of such '70s action classics as Challenge of the Masters and The 36th Chamber of Shaolin; his lingering impact in these roles led ex-fanboy Quentin Tarantino to cast him as a mob potentate in Kill Bill, Vol. 1 and as the white-bearded Pai Mei in Kill Bill Vol. 2. Now in his early 50s, Liu still looks sinewy topless. This time his chief weapon is not his flying...
...President-elect Obama was the correct choice for Person of the Year. However one cannot ignore the impact of the shoe-throwing Arab journalist. His brazen move to hurl his loafers at the outgoing President will be remembered decades from now as a fitting send-off for a man and an Administration that brought tragedy to Iraq and shame to America. It took courage, wisdom and daring to pull off his stunt. Doug Canepa, Mill Valley, Calif...
...School coincides with an estimated 22 percent decline in the University’s endowment in a four-month period earlier this year. The Law School has not yet made public its budgetary outlook, and it is uncertain whether, as acting dean, Jackson will make an announcement regarding the impact of the shrinking endowment...
...Survives When Disaster Strikes: "All the instructions they tell you to do - taking the life vests from your seat, grabbing a cushion as a flotation device - are all very difficult to follow in that kind of a landing. Hitting the water is incredibly jarring. It is quite an impact. Many people may black out." Adds Ripley: "The plane sinks quickly. You have to recover from the shock, unbuckle your seat belt and get up and out of the cabin. There is very little time to react. That is the challenge...
...really the intent, even if it is in fact the way it's been interpreted. If not, it needs to be changed. We need to clarify that, and I thought, Let's move quickly and clarify it." Such proposed legislation would not be retroactive and would have no impact on the ruling in the Torti-Van Horn case. (Read about Good and Bad Samaritans...