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...Punisher, a comic-book movie that opens next summer, you get the sense he's not talking about the no-dessert kind of punishment. Jane plays Frank Castle, a moody, haunted ex-Marine, now superhero, whose wife was killed by a Mafia boss (played by John Travolta). Hence his penchant for the punitive. The actor spent nine months working with Navy SEALs on "hand-to-hand combat, edged-weapon fighting, Japanese martial arts, Israeli martial arts, Filipino martial arts..." Jane ticks them off on his now deadly fingers. "The training has been incredibly intensive." Is he devoted to his craft...
...episcopacy. American liberals insist that the primates have never produced that specific a demand. And since their meetings customarily end with a statement made by consensus, stubborn opposition by a handful of liberals could force a milder conclusion. Others have suggested an option more in keeping with the Anglican penchant for "muddling through." Last Friday Cape Town Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, the most liberal of Africa's primates, proposed that a commission be set up to study how the church might learn to live with its disagreements on this issue, just as it did on women's ordination. "Reducing issues...
It’s in these moments of improvisation that the band’s potential for creativity emerges. Guitarist Neal McKeeby’s sparer moments—utilizing echoes and often random syncopation—add mystery to otherwise formulaic songs, and his penchant for experimentation shines on the jazzier “Clashing” and in “Goose Geese.” In the latter, his strumming actually resembles electric cello...
...than Britney and Madonna combined. The music, a raga pastiche, is poppy and hummable and digestible for Western tastes. London critics were mixed on the show but almost unanimously besotted with Rahman's score. Though he bowed out as composer, Lloyd Webber remained an actively involved producer, and his penchant for spectacle is heavily in evidence. Among other special effects, rivers of water splash onto the stage, creating a monsoon effect--and a reason to avoid a front-row seat. --By Michele Orecklin
...political assets," says a top Bush campaign adviser. Republican voters admire her traditional approach to a position they believe that Hillary Clinton ransacked during her tenure, and they delight in soft-focus stories on the Bushes' home life. In Ladies' Home Journal, Laura Bush chats about the President's penchant for leaving his towels lying around. "Things that might have irritated me--like not hanging up his towels," she says, "I don't have to worry about anymore. Someone in the White House hangs up the towels...