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...ceremony concluded precisely at noon, as church bells in Cambridge rang out to signify the end of the ceremony...
...original plan had been to cover the computers until noon on Wednesday, when the Internet and Health conference ended...
Chan, of course, is a smallish, sweet-smiling man whose sense of humor irresistibly enlightens his martial artistry. In Shanghai Noon he's a guard in China's Forbidden City who intrudes himself on a mission to rescue Princess Pei-Pei (Lucy Liu), who, avoiding an arranged marriage, has run far, far away to Carson City, Nev. There she is enslaved by Lo Fong (Roger Yuan), an unredeemable bad guy who is exploiting Chinese railroad workers, smuggling dope and demanding a ransom...
Structurally, Shanghai Noon is not exactly a tribute to narrative coherence. But that's all right. It's meant to be a fantastic stage for Chan's quick hands and fast feet. The man is a human special effect. And as always, he gives a full measure of devotion to his blindingly choreographed action sequences...
Shortly after noon on May 4, the National Weather Service station in Albuquerque, N.M., sent out the Haines Index, a measure of moisture and stability factors. In the arid brushland, a low Haines Index (a 2, for instance) is good: conditions are then unlikely to lead to wildfires. On May 4, however, the Haines Index was a potentially catastrophic 6, a situation predicted to last through the next day. Not a good day to start a fire. Especially in one of the dryest years on record...