Word: nonstops
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...finally got going, and after the second shot, a sandstorm came in." Could things get worse? Ask producer Bill Kong. "The Gobi is the hottest, dryest place on earth," he says. "So each morning we lit incense for good luck. Well, we had dreadful luck--it rained sheets, nonstop, ruining our schedule. After a while one of the local people came around and said the gods must be smiling on us. We asked why. 'Because you burned the incense,' he said. 'We burn the incense when we want it to rain...
Audiences watching the aerial ballets, lightning swordplay and Astaire-worthy foot fights in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon may gasp with childlike wonder and delight. Who is brilliant and daft enough to choreograph these nonstop battles? The answer is Yuen Wo-ping, stunt master supreme and, not incidentally, the director of a couple of dozen films--among them some of the most exciting in Hong Kong movie history. "He's directed more movies than I have," says Ang Lee. "And better ones...
...County. Many were spearheaded by citizens with Democratic party connections, though none of them yet had the official involvement of the state or national party. Jim Green, an ACLU lawyer in Palm Beach, was collecting statements from anyone who called his office. "All five lines here were lit up nonstop," he says. With union activists rounding up Florida notaries to take affidavits from the callers, Green figured that he would have 250 plaintiffs for the ballot-challenge suit he planned to file this week...
...Cable TV news: Splitsville! This is the dream of every American who loves nonstop media circuses and nightmare scenarios straight out of an airport paperback: A plurality of the people vote for one candidate (most likely Bush) while the electoral college makes the other (presumably Gore) president. Would it mean a constitutional crisis? Full-scale lobbying of electors to change their votes? Maybe and maybe - but it would definitely mean some measure of suspense and controversy until the electors actually vote. Better yet, it would mean four years of bitter recriminations of a president, whoever it ends up being, viewed...
With the end of the Mendelssohn, the audience exploded in nonstop applause and shouts of "Bravo!" They were rewarded as the trio sat down once more for an encore. The last movement of the E major Haydn Piano Trio proved to be a delightful, almost giddy, piece, with quirky and crisp grace notes passing among each member of the trio. The group members were obviously having great fun throughout this encore. In jest, Pressler deliberately drew out one note, heightening the anticipation with flair, charm and beautifully clean technique. As the enthusiastic audience once again applauded the brilliant and passionate...