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...dedication comes in part from her parents, who had their own childhood work ethic as athletes (her dad was a minor-league shortstop, her mom got a tennis scholarship to college, and her grandfather is former Eagles' quarterback Rick Arrington). And, says Osbrink, Fanning is pursuing a strategy of "one fun one, then a serious one, just to keep it fun for her and keep her challenged." It took Nicolas Cage 25 years to figure that...
...Japan's new stance won't alter the fundamentals of the nearly 60-year cross-strait standoff, and isn't likely to nix what appears to be a minor thaw between Beijing and Taipei. The recent Lunar New Year holiday saw the first nonstop commercial flights between the mainland and Taiwan, and last week Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian made a pact with James Soong, a rival politician who wants better ties with China, not to declare independence, change Taiwan's formal name from the Republic of China, or rule out eventual unification with China...
Scali asked Chen what he does if a minor attempts to buy liquor, saying, “I hope you’ve changed that reputation [that Louie’s] is the place to go to buy alcohol...
...Bull Durham featuring members of the film’s cast and crew. The event was cancelled when Hall of Fame president Dale Petroskey declared that recent remarks by Robbins and Sarandon—who were busy advocating for peace 15 years after starring in the minor-league diamond drama—“ultimately could put our troops in even more danger.” (Robbins hit back at the time, suggesting that Petroskey belonged with “the cowards and ideologues in a hall of infamy and shame...
...NEC’s Jordan Hall last Sunday night, which I and many other of his students attended. His ambitious and eclectic program, which included Stravinsky’s tongue-in-cheek Duo Concertante for Violin and Piano, Mendelssohn’s angst-ridden Piano Trio in C-Minor, Enesco’s Sonata No. 2, and Beethoven’s fiery Sonata No. 7, never showed a hint of musical timidity. Buswell first chose the Enesco, a lesser-known piece, and later added the other three works, which he called “old friends...