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...Washington, who took time off from working on Antwone to pick up his Oscar for Best Actor in Training Day, one of the hardest things was to stare at a handsome face--his. "I usually don't watch my own films," he says. "But this time I screened Training Day and John Q over and over, until I got used to looking at myself." He also consulted other actor-directors. "Warren Beatty said it was a good thing that I also appeared in the picture because it was something I was used...
...children obey him and stare at their feet with sly smiles...
...when I was at my desk surfing the Web. But now that I'm on the mat and exercising more than my index finger, it's a different matter. As I press my chin towards my knee, the burn radiates from my hip and spreads down my thigh. I stare out at the jungle and contemplate my decision to come here. It arose from the innocent desire to wash years of living in Hong Kong out of my system. Breath-ing air chunky with particu-lates, eating mercury-laden shellfish and sharing close quarters with almost 7 million sneezing, coughing...
...begins to work over a pair of reluctant informers handcuffed to a fridge in the station house, he explains, "It's the only language they understand." But Sharma saves his best material to explicate why he does what he does. He leans back in his chair, assumes a deadeyed stare and snarls, "Criminals are filth." He thumbs his chest: "And I'm the cleaner...
Could you stare this man down? General Franks is the officer in charge at U.S. Central Command, the nerve center for American military operations in 25 countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. That means he is responsible for running the war in Afghanistan, and, if it comes to that, he will be giving orders in Iraq. Franks has taken flak for wanting to wage war the old-fashioned way. But no one questions the strength of his resolve...