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DIED. GUNTHER GEBEL-WILLIAMS, 66, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus animal trainer; of cancer; in Venice, Fla. Gebel-Williams, the best-known animal trainer in the world, diminutive at 5 ft. 4 in., trained tigers and leopards to jump through flaming hoops and wrap their bodies around his neck. Though a gifted trainer, he lost teeth and bore deep scars from the huge animals, with whom he performed in 12,000 shows. When Kenny, one of his beloved panthers, died, his skin was preserved and displayed in Gebel-Williams' living room...
...problem: he levels five of them with five quicker-than-the-eye maneuvers. At the end, he faces off against a tall, blond, muscular baddie who does five fast handsprings toward Liujian. Li sees his move and tops it with a triple twist that breaks the guy's neck. Nice...
...into more open country with grasslands and bushes and things like this, and eating a lot of fruits and berries coming off low bushes, there is a hell of an advantage to be able to reach higher. That's why the gerenuk [a type of antelope] evolved its long neck and stands on its hind legs, and why the giraffe evolved its long neck. There's strong pressure to be able to reach a wider range of levels...
...like me, you're already neck-deep in Asian equities, the best advice is to stay where you are. Pulling your money out in panic can only mean losing more. Better to wait for the markets to recover, unless you have absolutely no faith in a company's fundamentals?or there is a ".com" in its name. If you're feeling adventurous, this might actually be a good time to buy. Most of Asia's stock markets are trading close to their five-year lows in terms of price-to-earning ratios...
...whether they would rebuild, but didn't sound optimistic. "We had some fantastic years here," he said, in the tone of a man about to retire. Sajaad Waris isn't going anywhere. He owns the gleaming, marble-walled Punjab Halal Meat store across the street, where mutton neck goes for $2.28 per kg. He's incensed at the rioters' thuggery and their attack on their own neighborhood, where he has built up his business for 30 years. He's thinking of organizing other Asian businesses to support the looted white-owned firms. He's doubtful that the rioters...