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Perhaps that prepared him for the tug of wills on the Crouching Tiger set. Lee is as stubborn as he is gentle, adamant about putting on film the beautiful stunts he had dreamed of since childhood. Yuen had to play the stern adult. "Ang would say he didn't want to shoot things Wo-ping's way because it was an Ang Lee movie," Chow recalls. "But his ideas couldn't be worked out. Finally, he'd go to Wo-ping and say, 'Master, I'm wrong. Let's do it your way.'" At least Lee convinced Yuen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yuen Wo-Ping, Martial Master | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

...anyone but this guy would emerge as the next Man. But in his fifth season, the little one (6 ft. flat) is the biggest thing in sneakers. Averaging 29.7 points a game, he has led Philadelphia to the best record in the league (36-14), which renders commissioner David Stern delighted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome To The XBA | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

Instead of redefining the NBA as a league of the 'next Jordan' (i.e. Vince Carter, Kobe Bryant, or Kevin Garnett), Commissioner David Stern should rather focus on rivalries and multiple superstars. He has, as is obvious from Sunday night's All-Star Game, a vast pool of talent to play with...

Author: By Barat Samy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Very Bright Future Amid Dark Clouds | 2/13/2001 | See Source »

...Susan W. Stern, a UHS nurse practitioner, says the decision to contact the Freshmen Dean's Office (FDO) or a senior tutor is actually left to the discretion of the nurse on call...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Inconsistently Applied: UHS and Alcohol Policy | 2/8/2001 | See Source »

...your loving son Jack." But the mystery of Joe Kennedy remains pretty much intact. He was a shrewdly concealed man who said, "Never write anything down that you wouldn't want published on the front page of the New York Times." His notes to his children are loving, stern, minutely involved. His messages to his wife Rose express tenderness and devotion. To judge by these papers, one might think the Hollywood mogul's longtime relationship with the actress Gloria Swanson was strictly business. And of his other free-lance sexual buccaneering, there is not a trace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Chronicles of a Dynasty in the Making | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

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