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...Strong performances in all five measures confirm what most observers have long suspected: that Harvard is in the position to which all leading universities aspire,” he wrote. “A reputation for being the best in the world acts as a magnet for the most talented students and staff...
...story?as delicate as Guy de Maupassant's, as terse and acute as Raymond Carver's?Wong touches on his old themes of romance and remorse. Chang Chen, looking like a younger Tony Leung in mustache and '60s clothing, gives a mature performance; but Gong Li is the eye magnet. As Hua the regal manipulator, she ages and diminishes, allowing the viewer to escort her on her appointment with tragedy. Give the lady a big hand...
...though, is the wary dance of Yan and Ming, each man serving two masters, each character luring the viewer to sympathize with his charade and hope that somehow both can survive. Leung, who played the warrior-lover in Hero, and Lau, Hong Kong's top pop star and movie magnet, are terrific as smart men, ruthlessly loyal, feeling the nooses tighten and trying not to make the small mistakes that could prove fatal...
...saying, "Look at us! We're the best. We can help you if you help us.'" According to Zachary Abuza, author of a forthcoming book on Islamic militancy in the southern Philippines, if Abu Sayyaf successfully becomes the main Islamic radical group in the area, it could become a "magnet for dissatisfaction," attracting hundreds of young Muslims, many of them newly returned from studying in the Middle East...
...modern obsession with all things natural and New Age. Not even the medieval English town of Totnes. Nestled in the lush pastures and wheatfields near Dartmoor in southern Devon, Totnes for decades made a quiet living from cream teas, antiques and postcards. But these days, it's a magnet for urban refugees running the kinds of bohemian businesses normally associated with trendy metropolitan neighborhoods...