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...describe Thatcher, 51, the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, as a security-obsessed recluse. "He's a mysterious character," says one. For such a private man, last Wednesday's morning raid by South Africa's Scorpion police unit must have been particularly galling. The Scorpions, whose motto is "Justice in Action," arrived at 7 a.m., catching Thatcher in his pajamas. For the next seven hours they searched his house, including, reportedly, a bedroom-sized safe with reinforced steel walls, examining documents and hard drives for evidence that Thatcher was connected to a failed coup attempt...
...Apparently people like it better than 'be good.'" LARRY PAGE, Google co-founder, explaining the company motto, "Don't Be Evil," to Playboy magazine. The interview has troubled investors, as it may have violated laws requiring a "quiet period" before the Internet firm's initial public offering
...husband, who has been coaching since 1983: "The Chinese race knows how to endure hardship. Our job is to push these kids to their limits, so they can perform gloriously for our nation." Behind him on the wall, below oversized Olympic and Chinese flags, giant red lettering summarizes the motto of the Weilun school, proud breeding ground of eight athletes at this month's Athens Olympics: "Patriotism, Unity, Struggle and Devotion...
Ringu spawned a sequel and a prequel in Japan and remakes in South Korea and the U.S. It also generated a genre, whose motto might have been "I see dead people, and they want me to join them." The stories of implacable ghosts developed their own cliches--closets full of ghosts and corpses, girls with long hair hiding their malevolent faces, dotty old ladies, child zombies caked in white--all of which you can expect to see in the Hollywood remakes...
...CAMP JAM in Atlanta, the motto is "No Canoes--Lots of Rock." Kids form bands and learn from famous staff members, like founder Jeff Carlisi of .38 Special...