Word: mavens
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...they do fly through the air, giving the bad guys foot-facials (Charlie's stunt maven, Yuen Cheung-yan, is the brother of Yuen Wo-ping, who choreographed Tiger). And to Barrymore, who produced it, Charlie's is a tribute to today's woman: able, independent and cute--not so much femi-nist as femi-nice. "We wanted the Angels to be strong, but not masculine," says scriptwriter John August. "They aren't afraid of their sexuality, but they don't use it as power. Drew and I agreed they should be recognizable 'girls.' And she doesn't mind...
...they do fly through the air, giving the bad guys foot-facials (Charlie's stunt maven, Yuen Cheung-yan, is the brother of Yuen Wo-ping, who choreographed "Tiger"). And to Barrymore, who produced it, "Charlie's" is a tribute to today's woman: able, independent and cute, not so much femi-nist as femi-nice. "We wanted the Angels to be strong, but not masculine," says scriptwriter John August. "They aren't afraid of their sexuality, but they don't use it as power. Drew and I agreed they should be recognizable 'girls.' And she doesn't mind...
...where Powell earned up to $100,000 per speech). Already conservative Republicans, including some influential staffers on Capitol Hill, are complaining that Powell's choices for the top jobs are not sufficiently ideological. (He has been trying to recruit good managers.) Frank Gaffney, a hard-line GOP foreign policy maven, has lost no time writing an op-ed piece attacking the administration's China policy...
...installment of our series on Innovators, you'll meet out-of-the-box thinkers building a new financial order that empowers individuals. They include a former medical student who's bringing venture capital to the masses, a maverick who's creating an automated stock exchange and a tech maven who thinks you should carry smart cards instead of currency. The society these folks are fashioning may be cashless, but it will be rich beyond Goldfinger's fantasies...
...believe that when I see it. It seems inevitable that if an extreme football league created by a wrestling maven is to be successful, the circus act element that defines pro wrestling will eclipse whatever actual playing is going on. Otherwise, you've essentially got a glorified version of the Arena Football League, which most casual fans aren't aware even exists...