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DIED. MARY BRIAN, 96, popular contract starlet whose 82-film career bridged the silent and talking eras; in Del Mar, Calif. She co-starred in such silents as Beau Geste and Knockout Reilly, and played opposite Gary Cooper in one of the earliest western talkies, 1929's The Virginian...
...Neither team wanted to lose the game,” Murphy said. “It was like two boxers who didn’t want to get hit by the knockout punch. You just didn’t want to screw...
...Basayev's recent statements seem to be challenging Moscow to come and get him, and some Chechens believe he would welcome a last stand where he would take as many Russians as possible with him. After the theater siege, in which at least 128 hostages were killed by Russian knockout gas, Basayev declared himself to be the commander of the Chechen "martyrs" who will carry out more attacks. There is no reason to doubt him. He became infamous for the seizure of over 1,000 hostages in the southern Russian town of Budennovsk in 1995 - a raid from which...
...frustrations that confront the U.S. 12 months into its "war on terror." "You need patience or you'll make mistakes," says Tibon, who took control in Nablus two months ago, after a year-long leave at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. "There can be no knockout, just a victory on points," he says - a surprising admission from a man tipped by Israeli military analysts as a favorite to become the army's Chief of Staff in five to 10 years. Born on a kibbutz in northern Israel, Tibon lives in Tel Aviv with his wife...
Bell worked with Karen and Jeff Berman, who recently spent close to a year remodeling their 1940s house in Larchmont, N.Y., knocking down walls to create a knockout kitchen that opens into large living and eating areas. The Bermans put their money where the activity is. "We devoted a lot of effort to planning and designing the kitchen because our family loves to cook, loves to eat and loves to entertain," says Karen, a serious cook...