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...states, The Replacement Killers and The Corruptor). This not to say that Chow Yun Fat is not a well known commodity in some circles. Aside from Sean Connery and Steve McQueen, Chow is probably the manliest man you would ever want to meet, having collaborated with director John Woo in brutal yet poetic action films like The Killer and Hard Boiled in their native home of Hong Kong. He has not, to date, had much success in acting in English, hence the middling success of his recent forays into the North American market. Having said that, Chow is far from...
...most interesting thing about the phantom surplus is that by every indication, voters don't think it really exists either. But that has not prevented politicians on both sides from trying to woo them with proposals that Washington can't pay for. Republicans fanned out during their August recess to try to rally public support for their tax cuts--Please, let us give you more money!--but the polls showed a public unmoved. Voters said they would rather use the money, if it exists, to pay down the $5.6 trillion national debt. "People are genuinely fiscally conservative in this country...
...mysterious ways its wonders to perform. For the coming-of-age cliches don't stop once Tim settles in at Cornwall. There are a sadistic housemaster, a hidebound headmaster, a geeky roommate and a duplicitous pal to contend with, and the prettiest girl on campus (Amy Smart) to woo, ruin and redeem. One finds oneself asking how such familiar stuff breeds contentment instead of contempt...
Political heavyweights woo him. Candidates invite him to fundraising dinners and policy addresses. But yesterday, New York Times senior national political correspondent Richard L. Berke's only destination was the Institute of Politics (IOP), where the former fellow there talked about the campaign and reminisced about his Harvard days...
Political heavyweights woo him. Candidates invite him to fundraising dinners and policy addresses. But yesterday, New York Times senior national political correspondent Richard L. Berke's only destination was the Institute of Politics (IOP), where the former fellow there talked about the campaign and reminisced about his Harvard days...