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...almost Monty Python-esque manner that, although appropriate in the “Movie World” context, can be off-putting and even unintentionally humorous. Nonetheless, the Kill Bill’s fight scenes are the most exciting and intense of this year, particularly the samurai sword showdown at the very...
...Harvard field hockey team next heads to College Park for a Friday meeting with Richmond before a highly anticipated showdown with No. 3 Maryland on Sunday...
...will only require its 10 biggest banks to follow the new rules. Last week buzz spread that the end-2006 deadline for implementing the rules may be pushed back. That prospect worries European banks already changing over, which could cost up to $200 million per bank. Expect a showdown at next month's Basel reunion of central bank heads. - By Peter Gumbel One Down, So Many To Go Ben Glisan, former treasurer of Enron, became the first executive to be imprisoned over the accounting scandal at the bankrupt energy firm. Glisan was sentenced to five years in a U.S. prison...
Estrada’s controversial nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia—which is considered second in prestige only to the U.S. Supreme Court—developed into a two-year partisan showdown over the federal confirmation process...
...that they could respond by initiating armed conflict. In diplomatic tradition, it's always preferable to have the parties to a conflict talking rather than fighting. In the case of the North Korea crisis, however, the fact that they're talking may not mean that they're avoiding a showdown...