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With the referendum debacle out of the way, Medina believes Colombians will now turn their attention to the candidate debates that are normally part of any electoral process. "The people will be left an orphan, and they are now going to look for a new papa," says Medina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colombia Gets Ready for Life After Uribe | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

...moments summon the mood of those Cantonese-language classics, as when Chan gently sings a Chinese lullaby to the four-year-old. In another scene he tells Farren that, back in Hong Kong, he'd been an orphan raised in a foster home: "I had dozens of brothers and sisters," he says, "and I wasn't related to any of them. But I loved them all." Any Chan fan will know that this dialogue refers to the martial arts school where Jackie was sent at 7; where he studied with later costars Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung; and where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Spy Next Door: Jackie Chan, Babysitter | 1/16/2010 | See Source »

...made); a downer musical about a pampered, well-paid man experiencing a failure of imagination is an even tougher sell. The movie will get a boost from exposure on the Jan. 17 Golden Globes show, where it is nominated for five awards. But on Christmas, Nine was the one orphan. It got coal, not gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christmas Box Office: Avatar Beats Sherlock and Alvin | 12/28/2009 | See Source »

...having played football. “He’s a great example of the human spirit,” says Coach Tim L. Murphy, Head Coach for Harvard Football. “What are the odds that a kid who lands in the United States basically as an orphan with no money or language skills ends up as a Harvard football player...

Author: By Stephanie M. Woo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Most Interesting Seniors 2010: Kai-Cheng Ho | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...Mika (Naomie Harris) and that of ninja prodigy and outcast Raizo (played by Korean pop superstar Rain). While Mika disobeys her boss Maslow (Ben Miles) and follows a money trail leading toward a mythical set of Eastern ninja assassin clans, Raizo struggles through a series of flashbacks about his orphan past. As a child, he had been taken in by the centuries-old Ozunu clan and trained to become a ninja; after witnessing the clan murder his love interest, Raizo broke down, killed scores of his former brethren, and escaped—and he has been on the lam ever...

Author: By Alex E. Traub, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ninja Assassin | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

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