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...Hong Kong." Added a Chinese businessman in Hong Kong: "The problem is that there are some officials in Peking who believe they could run Hong Kong, that they could somehow have a Communist administration and a capitalist economy. They don't understand what makes this place tick...
...warts and all, and plans to raise a family there." But won't viewers turn away from ordinary-looking anchormen? No, says Uncle Walter. Of even a rumpled, pot-bellied greying anchorman, he says, "I'll guarantee you this: he knows more about your town and what makes it tick than ever will be learned by some young fellow from 500 or 1000 or 2000 miles away that some consultant tells you got good ratings there." In fact, he says, "That slightly tousled codger is going to exude more believability and integrity from the nail on the finger...
...challenger arrived in the ring first, hooded in a green silk robe decorated with his customary Irish shamrock proclaiming GERRY, DAD AND MOM. Rappaport wiggled beside him, waving an oversize replica of Holmes' championship belt, except with a clockface drawn over the insignia and the words TICK, TICK written across it. Holmes happens to be 32, Cooney 25. As he had planned for weeks, Cooney bided the time during the referee's instructions by staring at the champion's belly, trying to chill him with the thought of body punches. And Holmes did show considerable respect throughout...
...thing Kleinfelder had a knack for calling untimely timeouts-using them up in the early stages of games, leaving the Crimson unable to stop play to develop proper attacks in the crucial closing minutes. A two-point loss to Vermont earlier this year, for example, saw final seconds tick way because Harvard had depleted its five timeouts...
Bear markets are not always on Wall Street. While they do not perform precisely like stocks, all regional theaters fluctuate from year to year. In its sixth annual festival of new American plays, the Actors Theater of Louisville appears to be on a down tick...