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...Cannes regular described Old Boy as a Tarantino movie that Tarantino would be afraid to make. It surely has its quota of Quentinian quirks, including cool bad guys dressed in black, a revenge motif that won't quit, some acts of abuse that would have given de Sade appreciative shivers?and, most important, an expert's joy in expanding and subverting the rules of genre. The gnarled story line, also familiar to fans of Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill, careers from 1988 (when the main character, Oh Dae Su, is kidnapped and confined without being told what his crime...
...timeliness of your warnings about the rising death toll from cardiovascular disease [May 10]. As an heir apparent to heart trouble, I have taken a cue from this article and have started working seriously on my diet and on controlling diabetes and hypertension. In addition, your story made me quit smoking-something I've been trying to do for years! K. Chidanand Kumar Bangalore, India...
...concert video and decided to import them to Japan. "I'd been thinking that Japan needed a new, energetic sound to jolt it out of its funk," says Tomoto. "The second I saw them, I knew they were going to be huge." His bosses weren't convinced, so Tomoto quit his job and started his own music label. It paid off: Tomoto's Platia Entertainment earned almost $50 million in its first year of operation...
Hong Kong's famously blunt radio call-in shows got less lively last week, when commentator Allen Lee hung up his headphones, saying he was getting too much pressure from friends for him to stay on the air. Lee was the third commentator in 16 days to quit, following a relentless campaign by Beijing to let Hong Kongers know that calls for more democracy in the territory aren't wise and won't be heeded. Lee also resigned his position in the National People's Congress, China's legislature, the first Hong Kong delegate to do so. The political climate...
...should quit the hand-wringing. Stocks may have a rough period for a bit. Typically, stocks fall 1.3% in the two months after the first in a series of Fed rate boosts, reports Ned Davis Research. But stocks rise 5.1% the two months after that and keep going up. So look for opportunities to buy. Lighten up on bonds, which lose value as rates rise. Short-term bank certificates of deposit and money-market accounts still offer paltry yields. But as the Fed swings into action, the payouts on these short-term instruments will rise. As long as rates move...