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...earth, a production of dust and blood and stone. In the jolting opening scene, the villainous Fire-wind's (Sun Hong-lei) army mows through an innocent town with all the subtlety of a chain saw. Dressed like members of some death-metal rock band, complete with pale white makeup and black leather body armor, the bad guys decapitate and dismember with glee, wielding savage hooks and spears. Tsui's camera lingers on slashed throats and chopped hands twitching in the dirt. Even the good guys use massive medieval swords with serrated edges, weapons that seem better suited to Conan...
...says Goldfrapp, speaking by phone from her home in Bath in southwestern England. "I'm very excited about it, actually." It's a rare break from her carefully constructed public image as a seductive songstress, but Goldfrapp insists that she relishes her local anonymity. "I don't wear any makeup, I don't brush my hair, I'm short and I'm not in thigh-length boots or tail - so no one recognizes me," she says. The gap between her public exhibitionism and her private modesty makes a certain amount of sense. After all, Goldfrapp, who is the eponymous half...
...religious strictures. "These guys with beards and Kalashnikovs showed up saying they'd come to protect the campus," says a student leader at a Basra university. "The problem is, they never left." Militants frequently "investigate" youths accused of un-Islamic behavior, such as couples holding hands or girls wearing makeup. "They're watching us, and they're the ones who control the streets, while the police, who are with them, stand by," says a student leader who did not wish to be identified. "From the beginning, the Islamic parties filled the void," says a police lieutenant colonel working closely with...
Although minorities are scarce on Harvard’s governing boards, the University is well in line with the racial and gender—makeup of typical university boards in the United States. A study released last month by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges found that 88 percent of private university board members in 2004 were white while just eight percent were black. Seventy-two percent were...
...Jesus" meeting in their S.M.U. dorm room to air grievances and try to put their problems behind them. Krystin, caught in the cross fire of parental sniping, is sage enough at 13 to know that teamwork matters above all--more than the moves and certainly more than the makeup. "It's not just about one person," she says on the last day of camp. "You want to encourage other people to do good so your team will all come together." Try as she might to be upbeat, however, Krystin can't quite hide her physical and mental exhaustion. Being...