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...Siamese he speaks in the film are well-known languages to him, his words are infused with a range of convincing emotions. Chow is the perfect man to help illustrate traditional Thai customs, sensibilities and statecraft. Without being overly dramatic, he pulls off the role of the wise, strong, kind, compassionate ruler. Perhaps more famous for his killer with a conscience action movies, Chow shows the depth of his acting abilities in this film. The image of him almost floating through a garden through rows upon rows of his 58 beloved children seems to justify the claim by his adoring...

Author: By Joyce M. Koh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Anna and the King a By-the-Numbers Epic | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...Already being touted as an Oscar contender for Best Actor, it is not difficult to see why. Washington just radiates in this film. From being a cocky young fighter with a past, to an embittered prisoner, to a wise guru, there is no transformation that Washington cannot effect in this movie. He has the deepest subtleties of acting to break your heart--such as his expression that seems to encapsulate all the injustice in this world when it is announced in the courtroom that he has been sentenced to three consecutive life sentences. He explodes with the rawest of emotions...

Author: By Cheryl Chan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hurricane Bouts, Blows Hot Air | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...wait until midnight on April 30. Harvard's policy is increasingly rare in the competitive world of admissions, where many schools use an early decision policy to lock in their acceptances and so increase the magic yield percentage of students accepted who actually attend. But the policy is a wise one because it allows students freedom of choice in one of the most important decisions they've probably ever had to make--where to go to college for the next four years...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: The Courses Others May Take | 12/16/1999 | See Source »

...lovingly crafted arenas and 32 crafty computer opponents, a.k.a. bots. Previous id games always had some narrative device, but Quake III abandons all pretense of a plot. It's nothing but networked death matches, played by individuals or teams, against the computer or over the Internet. It's wise to practice on the bots firt and avoid the humiliation I suffered against veterans like Miss Donna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Good, Clean Quake | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

Unlike some of its previous games, the Crimson shouldn't have a problem matching up size-wise against Colgate. Both Coleman and Clemente outsize Colgate's forwards. Hopefully, that should lead to more rebounding and tougher inside defense...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Three Losses, Eight Points: M. Hoops Struggles | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

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