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...Which is stronger: his love for the challenge and camaraderie of making a film or the heartache he feels when it's over? Maybe the two emotions are equally potent, since Wong makes movies that blend those two subjects: the coming together, the drifting apart. The maker of a film as splendid as 2046 should be eager to let it go, to share his treasure with the world. Instead there's an emptiness worse than postcoital or postpartum depression. That's the secret, whispered into a hole, by a man who is 60% romantic, 40% showman and 100% movie artist...
...virus that left almost 800 dead continue. At the University of Hong Kong (HKU), where the SARS coronavirus was first identified in March 2003, researchers last week announced the results of a landmark study that could point the way toward potential anti-SARS drugs and provide a potent research tool to quickly analyze new viruses. "This is a technique that is not only applicable to SARS but also to every emerging disease," says Professor K.Y. Yuen, head of microbiology...
YEARS AGO, I lost my heart to a single-malt whisky from Islay. That Laphroaig 10-year-old was a potent dram that smelled like a smokehouse and slid down with elegant fire, and it's from one of the seven whisky distilleries that dot this small and remote western Scottish island...
...Harvard captain Ryan Fitzpatrick jogged out to midfield for opening coin toss. Players on both sides jumped and ran in place on the sidelines to stay warm. These weren’t the type of conditions the Crimson envisioned during the spring and summer as it fine-tuned its potent offense based on speed and quick strikes...
Last year, the Crimson shut down that potent rushing offense in a soggy contest and left Harvard Stadium with 28-20 victory. Harvard will need the same performance against the rush this year, because scoring 28 points on the Husky defense—led by Buchanan Award nominee Liam Ezekiel—will be a tall task...