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This is no knock on our overseas cousins. Indeed, the people who should hate this type of Anglophile the most are the British. For with some exceptions (Absolutely Fabulous, The Young Ones), the original British shows that Americans have most dearly embraced have reinforced a safe, neutered image of Britons, all Anglo veneer, no Saxon bile. (Let's not count the decades-old Monty Python and Fawlty Towers, which, however brilliant, are as representative of today's Britain as a suet pudding...
...officially in town to talk about one of this summer's most eagerly anticipated movies, M:I-2, in which she co-stars as the love interest (love, not sex; O.K., sex too) of Tom Cruise, a.k.a. Mission: Impossible agent Ethan Hunt. In the film, she is a knock-out international jewel thief, Nyah Hall, with perfectly coifed hair and fabulous clothes. In real life, the toes on her bare feet are unpolished, her hair is pulled back in a simple ponytail, and not a dab of makeup is visible. She is, of course, still stunning in her bareness...
...give trigger locks away 5. __ Kabibble 8. According to its president, it won't increase output in July 12. Prefix with lock or knock 13. Gallery-funding org. 14. Mission: Impossible theme-composer Schifrin 15. Yemeni port 16. Former colleague of Mike and Morley 17. Home for an SS-18 18. Dance partner? 19. He had his 15 minutes of fame in '95 20. "Love Bug" creator de Guzman, who claimed it was released "by accident" 21. They've offered to begin disarming 23. Ludwig __ Drake 25. Run out of Time? 28. Two shakes 29. The House has extended...
...deed has been done, but at what cost? I have heard immigrants say the best thing about America is that one can be sure there will be no knock on the door in the middle of the night. Something sacred was forever lost in the early-morning raid on April 22. MARY M. SCHMITT Ellensburg, Wash...
...worker a continent away, just call him or her on a lifelike, 3-D video-conferencing system. If you need to get busy on a project with a few of your colleagues, simply fold up your movable workstation and roll over to them. You won't have to knock. "We'll blur the line between furniture and technology," says Rick Duffy, director of the knowledge-resource group at Herman Miller. "Instead of building walls of metal and wood, what if they inflated with air or water...