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...installed, on corruption charges. Then, two years ago, Jiang quelled a corruption investigation when it threatened to implicate his own Beijing party chief. Neither Jiang nor his family members have been linked to corruption cases, but his sons have such extensive business ties?the elder, Mianheng, is the kingpin of Shanghai's telecom industry?that they would be vulnerable targets for trumped-up charges without their father's protection...
...director Leon Ichaso's ragged symphony of self-destruction. His Pinero shouts savage poetry from rooftops, rages against the ravages of disease and grasps at respect even while reaching for his next fix. Bratt has had four seasons on TV's Law & Order, an impressive turn as a drug kingpin in Traffic and has been game to support Sandra Bullock (Miss Congeniality) and Madonna (The Next Best Thing). But virtually no one realized he had this kind of performance in him. "For the last couple of months, I've been getting a lot of backhanded compliments, but it still feels...
...hooks, dry pop lyrics ("Alone we stand, together we fall apart/I think I'll be all right") and old-fashioned rock-'n'-roll attitude. Lead singer Julian Casablancas, 23, is in the middle of it all, radiating a stylish, premature weariness that no doubt makes his dad, Elite modeling kingpin John Casablancas, a proud papa. Who cares if the Strokes didn't invent their sound, as long as they perfected...
...lyrics ("Alone we stand, together we fall apart /I think I'll be all right") and old-fashioned rock-'n'-roll attitude. Lead singer Julian Casablancas, 23, is in the middle of it all, radiating a stylish, premature weariness that no doubt makes his dad, Elite modeling kingpin John Casablancas, a proud papa. Who cares if the Strokes didn't invent their sound, as long as they perfected...
...Justice Department has tried to justify the intrusion as necessary to prevent terrorists from using their counsel, in the tradition of mob consiglieres and drug-kingpin lawyers, to convey information to co-conspirators on the outside. At last week's Senate hearing, Chertoff quoted from an al-Qaeda terrorism manual obtained overseas that urged members to take advantage of prison visits to communicate useful information...