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...helmed sequels (Happy Ghost 3, Casino Raiders 2) and launched franchises (the Moment of Romance trilogy). Then three lucky things happened: he founded Milkyway to be in control of his films; he hooked up with Wai; and nearly all the big action directors left for the U.S. In this vacuum, To's cramped, gritty melodramas shone like chrome bullets...
...direct confrontation at all costs, and to manage their own rivalry and the world's regional conflicts in ways that would prevent them spinning out of control. But Moscow is no longer a global power, and Washington is no longer sure if it wants to be. Into the vacuum have stepped all manner of secessionists, religious terrorists, criminal syndicates and old-fashioned power politicians to remind us how, paradoxically, the Cold War may have actually been a stabilizing factor precisely because of the dangers it embodied...
...recessionary abyss, that?s like handing it an anvil. If consumer spending finally collapses, you can bet the sound will be heard by the business side of the economy - and neither manufacturing nor capital investment (they?re closely related) will start up again in a consumer-demand vacuum...
That noise you hear is Congress rushing to fill the leadership vacuum. At least six climate plans have been proposed so far. The first is sponsored by former Republican, now Independent Senator Jim Jeffords, chairman of the Senate Environment Committee, who proposes to cut greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants...
...whole, which still hasn't given us much indication of what the much-hyped MusicNet and Duet online services will look like (they're supposed to switch on this summer, but don't hold your breath). Is it any wonder that Morpheus has stepped in to fill the vacuum...