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Patriotism that lacks concern for the prospective patriots is ludicrous. It is impossible to seek brotherhood with compatriots while wielding a sword over their heads. As currently used, it is blatantly apparent that appeals made on grounds on nationalism are insincere at best. These careless acts of intimidation have become a popular bandwagon among communist officials as a means of consolidating popularity at home...

Author: By Tzu-huan Lo, | Title: A Changing Tide for Taiwan | 3/24/2000 | See Source »

...could slice the tension with a katana sword. It becomes too much for me, so I turn off Bloodsport and prepare to confront Philip once more...

Author: By Adam M. Taub, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Video Killed the Radial Star | 3/16/2000 | See Source »

...gains - all through the Web. The federal Securities and Exchange Commission revealed Tuesday that they've charged Freeman and his cohorts with conspiracy and insider trading in the pan-national ring formed two and a half years ago in an AOL chat room. The case highlights the double-edged sword of policing an increasingly diffuse industry. On the downside, SEC investigators say their task has become more complicated as conspirators are increasingly removed from the trading floor and can profit through investors they've never met. At the same time, the feds say the Web is making it easier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Face of Insider Trading: Web Chatterers | 3/15/2000 | See Source »

...anachronistic antihero. The director knew that Whitaker had nailed the part one day when they met to talk about a complex swordplay scene on Ghost Dog's roof. "So we're walking from my loft in the east Bowery to East River Park," Jarmusch recalls. "Forest has his sword in his knapsack. We get to the park, and he says, 'Let me just show you a few things I've been working on.' He takes out this sword and starts all these moves, like perfect, like he'd been studying them for years--which is very Forest-like, and Ghost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Samurai Cineaste | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

...ambition of my life." As he tells their story, you wonder what kind of burden they represent, and what kind of gift. Sure, his father chain-smoked and drank too much, and his grandfather was a cusser, but both walk on water across the pages. His inheritance is both sword and shield: McCain too has his flaws, but he admits to them without fear because like his fathers before him, he did his service and, against all odds, came back a hero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fathers, Sons And Ghosts | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

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