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...elite racing world, the 105th Boston Marathon signified the end of the Kenyan men’s domination of the field, with Korean Bong Ju Lee’s 2:09:43 finish and the beginning of the Keynan women’s reign with Catherine Ndereba’s 2:23:53 time...

Author: By Nicole B. Usher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stumbling Across the Finish | 4/17/2001 | See Source »

...Nation builder, visionary, Uber-industrialist, human bulldozer: Hyundai founder CHUNG JU YUNG wore all these hats and more. When the son of a peasant from a North Korean village died last week at the age of 85, South Korea lost one of its 20th-century giants. If Korea's leap from war-battered basket case to industrial powerhouse was miraculous, Chung was chief miracle maker. He started out selling rice as a runaway teenager, set up his own construction company, then piled into everything from supertankers to microchips. His energy and drive were Olympian, his chutzpah legendary: he once sold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...Akira Kurosawa used to say that the best way to become international was to be as true to one's own culture as possible. Nonzee is no different, and tips his hat to Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou for the same reason. "His films all smack of the East, particularly Ju Dou, and I want to give Thai cinema the same sense of identity that Yimou gave Chinese cinema." Rival director and friend Ratanaruang has Nonzee down better than any. "I think he's more Chen Kaige than Zhang Yimou," he enthuses. "Kaige is capable of art house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pride & Passion | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

DIED. CHUNG JU YUNG, 85, industry titan who helped revive South Korea's war-torn economy with his founding of the Hyundai Group; in Seoul. Chung, whose company's cars and electronics embodied his country's "economic miracle," had seen his reputation tarnished in recent years through debt, an inability to streamline the firm in the face of the Asian financial crisis, and allegations of fraud and cronyism. Last year the Hyundai Group was splintered by two of his sons, who served as the company's co-chairmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Apr. 2, 2001 | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...getting late - or early - and still Fai hasn't found a worthy target. After much deliberation, a few swaying laps around the tables, he concludes that the three girls left dancing in the club aren't up to his standards. "They are all ju par [pork chops]," he says. "Let's go smoke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Night Of the Hunter | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

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