Word: jadedly
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...Curse of the Jade Scorpion...
...usual, Woody Allen, screenwriter and director of over 30 films, has kept information on his latest film, in this case The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, under wraps. The comedy takes place in New York in the 1940s, and has Woody Allen playing the lead, C.W. Briggs, an insurance investigator. Conflict arises when Academy Award winner Helen Hunt, playing an efficiency expert, is hired to evaluate and improve Briggs' place of business. However, since the film is categorized as a romantic comedy, it may be assumed that their relationship does not remain solely antagonistic. Dan Aykroyd stars as Briggs' boss...
...Winners MICHELLE YEOH Crouching Tiger star is given the royal title datuk by the sultan of her home state of Perak, Malaysia. Is Dame Jade Fox next? MEL BROOKS Producers gets raves; show sold out. What's next for Broadway? Blazing Saddles, the Musical? Silent Movie, the Play? SCOTT WADDLE Submarine commander discharged without a court-martial. Guess the tribunal had too many civilian visitors that...
AIDS is also spreading into China's lifeblood through the country's vast, migrant population. Beijing economists estimate that more than 200 million rural laborers are drifting into the cities looking for jobs that simply aren't there. Little Jade worked as a waitress until she was fired for breaking too many dishes, and she couldn't find any other work in Kunming. With state-run factories closing down, young migrant women find prostitution their only option, especially in China's coastal boomtowns...
...Little Jade leaves the taxi and wanders into the night. Her face hardens to resemble a painted opera mask as she readies for other customers. She says she needs to turn tricks "for a few more weeks" to save money to treat her boyfriend's heroin addiction. After all, he saved her. Then she'll stop. She recalls how one of her hooker friends fell ill - Little Jade is sure it was AIDS - and the women chipped in with $75 for medical treatment. But the private clinic her friend went to tipped off the authorities, and the woman was never...