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...ruminates. One of the oldest women mutters and squawks, professing vague memories of a cousin of that name who left as a little girl. "Come," says the chief, "we must eat and drink." His house, a magnificent example of the Dai style, was built 10 years after Bua would have begun her long trek. I soon lose count of the glasses of firewater raised and quaffed, as the women bustle about, assembling a feast. My wife is the center of attention, showered with questions and hugs. Overwhelmed, she chokes back sobs. The chief raises his glass and asks for silence...
When Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and Marat Safin, who between them have won 21 Grand Slam titles, came up against comparative unknowns in second-round matches at Wimbledon, the world's oldest tennis tournament, they were supposed to win comfortably. But someone had forgotten to give George Bastl, Paradorn Srichaphan and Olivier Rochus the script. They blew the big guns out of the competition. In just over three hours the three stars contrived to lose to players all ranked outside the world's top 50. Third-seeded Agassi lost in three sets to Thailand's Srichaphan, while the second seed...
...Festival, where he showed 20 mins. of "Gangs" (which, by the way, appears to have a meaty role for its female co-star Cameron Diaz). I asked if he planned to tackle or embrace another national cinema, and I guessed that, if so, it would be France - surely the oldest and richest, the most varied and distinct movie tradition outside the U.S. He said yes, he might, and no, not France. He was thinking of Britain. Why? Because he saw lots of English movies when he was a kid, and that child, apparently, is a stern father...
...always been pragmatic about the nonessentials, accommodating itself to new cultures, to old customs and to social change. It once conducted Masses solely in Latin; now it doesn't. Communion was once dispensed solely by the priest; now lay people can distribute it. Even some of the deepest and oldest rituals in Catholic life--like the Easter Vigil ceremony--were imported in part from pagan rituals. In Africa and Asia, all kinds of cultural accommodations are made to bring the faith across cultures and into people's hearts. If this can be done for the Third World...
...showing, but not unprecedented; and it's worth remembering that the previous time that happened, '94 again, one of the two went on to win. Two Asian teams have progressed, a genuine and welcome novelty. But at week's end, the favorite to take home the Cup was the oldest member of the old order: Brazil. And England's demolishing on Saturday of Denmark reminded us that other traditional powers remain formidable contenders...