Project Eyeball, 8 January 2001
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Advertisement406 2001-01-08 1 IF I WERE IMMORTAL... ...I’d clone my mind, put it on a diskette and download on a brand new hunky body, says JOHN LUI. See Page 16 THE PARTY’S OVER Singapore’s no-longer-the-funniest family is wringing the laughs in Under One Roofs sixth and final season. And America’s most troubled siblings406 words
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NEWS & VIEWS
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Article, Illustration112 2001-01-08 2 TABLE football fans now have a cheeky way of time-wasting or putting off a rival during matches throwing on a miniature streaker. The inch-high figures are being marketed by Staffordshire shopowner Tom Taylor. Says Taylor: “If your opponent is about to take a shot and you think he can’t112 words
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Eyeball NEWS
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Article, Illustration342 2001-01-08 2 BE PRUDENT. Save your Medisave funds for a real rainy day. Thaf s Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang’s advice for those who are questioning why their funds cannot be used for all outpatient treatments. Lim, who’s also Second Minister for Finance, was visiting Punggol SouthMike Lee - 342 words
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Article136 2001-01-08 2 TODDLER Chua Jun Hao may have died from hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) virus. But Acting Environment Minister Lim Swee Say was quick to reassure Singaporeans that while they should stay alert, there is no need to be alarmed. Speaking to the media136 words
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Article330 2001-01-08 2 Show substance, he says “WHERE’S the beef?” That’s what Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong wants to know, with all this talk by opposition parties that they are grooming new talent for the next general election. The Singapore Democratic Party, for one, has formed a330 words
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Article, Illustration39 2001-01-08 2 A donor responding to a call for donations by depositing a hongbao filled with cash into the collection box at Causeway Point shopping centre. Twelve collection points have been set up for festive donations. Mike LeeMike Lee - 39 words
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Article, Illustration300 2001-01-08 3 DALLAS A nationwide manhunt is on for seven Texas prison escapees sought in the slaying of a police officer. They broke out of the jail on Dec 13 after being left unsupervised during lunch. I WASHINGTON Congress formally certified on Saturday that George W Bush won last year’sBong Fortin - 300 words
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Article, Illustration605 2001-01-08 3 Tycoon may be barred from being new PM by Thai court Wires BANGKOK Controversial but charismatic tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra has won a runaway victory in Thailand’s general election and may even have achieved the unprecedented feat of securing an absolute majority, unofficial results showedWires; AFP - 605 words
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Eyeball FOCUS
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Article, Illustration1606 2001-01-08 4 Leong Pik Yin - It’s not a growing problem yet, but more are trying to kill themselves or calling distress helplines By Leong Pik Yin pikyin@sph.com.sg STRESS kills. Before you dismiss that as a cliche, allow us to be specific: Stress kills kids. Simran Kaur, 12, had doctored her Primary SchoolBong Fortin - 1,606 words
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Article, Illustration443 2001-01-08 5 Suicide attempt rates as recorded by the national University Hospital: (Based on patients aged between 10 and 19, who tried to kill themselves) 199f>: 35 people 1997: 79 people Number of distress calls received by Tinkle Friend, a helpline for kids aged 7 to 12: 1999:Paul eric roca - 443 words
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Health
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Article, Illustration764 2001-01-08 6 Wong Sher Maine - Some windsurfers go to extremes for that honking high that’s better than sex By Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg SOME say it’s more gratifying than sex, and they will go to great lengths to find their thrills. We’re talking about a group of local windsurfers who are so obsessedPictures: Wang Huifen and Wong Sher Maine - 764 words
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Article265 2001-01-08 6 Wong Sher Maine - Wong Sher Maine WINDSURFING, which has been around since the early 1980 s, may not look as hip or as happening as other watersports such as wakeboarding. After all, the sport did hit a low in the mid-*****. But it has regained its popularity in recent265 words
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Singapore
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537 2001-01-08 7 Briton suspected of causing German bank to lose $1 billion LONDON A British banker living in Singapore is the focus of an international inquiry into losses of more than £4OO million (Ssl billion) at the Singapore branch of a leading German bank, The Sunday537 words
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Article, Illustration746 2001-01-08 7 Uyen Vu - ONE IN 20,000 CHANCE OF FINDING MATCH By Uyen Vu uyen@sph.com.sg FROM a distance, one could hear the hymns filtering out of the Life Bible Presbyterian Church along Gilstead Road. But as one drew closer, along with the hymns, what vied forDesmond Wee - 746 words
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The World
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Danger in the skies
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Article, Illustration735 2001-01-08 9 Fears of CF6 engine disintegrating DANGER NO 1 LONDON Aviation experts are ordering urgent inspections of hundreds of jet engines because it is feared that they could disintegrate and spew shards of metal that could cause the plane to crash or the passengersBong Fortin - 735 words
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284 2001-01-08 9 DANGER NO 2 LONDON A 42-year-old British woman collapsed and died at the end-of a nine-hour flight from San Francisco to Heathrow, reportedly from the infamous “economy class syndrome”, according to The Telegraph. Suzanne Mavir-Ross, a firstclass passenger, was returning to Britain on Wednesday from284 words
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Mid-East PART 1
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Article826 2001-01-08 10 SALON.COM The latest attempt by US President Bill Clinton to broker peace in the Middle East has stalled over Palestinian reservations to his proposals. Many argue that Palestinian obstinacy blocks peace, but MICHAEL ADAMS argues, in the first of a two-part essay, that the US’826 words
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Article, Illustration77 2001-01-08 10 Sources: FMEP, PLO Negotiations Affairs Dept L Gaza Strip: 100% to Palestinians 2- West Bank: 95% to Palestinians. Settlement blocs of Ariel, Etzion and Ma’ale Adumim to Israel possible exchange for land in Negev 3. Jerusalem: Divided between Arab and Jewish neighbourhoods. MaySources: FMEP, PLO Negotiations Affairs Dept; © GRAPHIC NEWS - 77 words
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Article169 2001-01-08 10 AP KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Internal Security Act (ISA), which allows for indefinite detention without trial, may be used against hackers who break into government-owned websites there. Deputy Home Minister Zainal Abidin Zin said the government may use the ISA to deter hackers from jeopardising public interest,– AP - 169 words
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Science
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Article77 2001-01-08 11 THE sixth century was a dark time literally according to volcanologists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Evidence in tree rings and ice-core measurements from the time period suggest that massive volcanic eruptions in Indonesia would have sufficiently altered the world’s77 words
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Article79 2001-01-08 11 IT’S not quite warp speed, but how does a two-week trip to Mars sound? Scientists at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have demonstrated that a rare nuclear fuel, Americium-242m (Am-242m), has enough kick to send a manned spacecraft from Earth to Mars in about79 words
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71 2001-01-08 11 IF THE ups and downs of the stock market leave you boggled, you’re not alone. Economists, mathematicians, and punters have tried to understand such movements for years. Recent mathematical models suggest that brokers behave more like massing sheep on a hillside than independent71 words
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Article, Illustration43 2001-01-08 11 sMßft to h&we teen Ike a b&f pMpisg natha aai divertlngmyself la n©w aai then fmUfig 1 a. smoother pebble or j a prattler shell than ordinary, whilst the great eee&s of troth lay all tmiiseewerei before meJ Sir Isaac Newton43 words
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Science SCOPE
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700 2001-01-08 11 Mark Malby - What to expect from space exploration, earth’s degradation, DNA inroads and other breakthroughs By Mark Malby malby@sph.com.sg NEVER before have we lived in such a time of rapid change. For those of scientific bent, it is surely the most exciting period in human700 words
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Article, Illustration47 2001-01-08 11 Mik Zarzuela/Adapted from Reuters A controversial new therapy offers enormous potential to treat and cure degenerative disorders and illnesses by replacing diseased cells with new ones “grown” from the patient himself and ending organ rejection from transplants. Source: Medical Research CouncilMik Zarzuela/Adapted from Reuters; Source: Medical Research Council - 47 words
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Technology
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Article385 2001-01-08 12 Andrew Chin - Andrew Chin THE world has phone cards, so why not Internet access cards? Finally, one company has cottoned on to the idea, and plans to launch pre-paid Internet dial-up access on mini-CDs next month. These CDs are portable, can be topped up, and does not385 words
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Article, Illustration384 2001-01-08 12 Software giant underdog in Iucrative games market AP LAS VEGAS When Microsoft Corp unveiled its black and lime green Xbox video game console on Saturday, the company found itself in the rare position of underdog. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates released the design of the– AP - 384 words
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Business
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Article, Illustration1147 2001-01-08 13 Nicholas Yong - Tech stocks plunged in 2000, not likely to surge this year By Nicholas Yong nicyong@sph.com.sg INVESTORS, already used to seeing their hard-earned money evaporate into thin air, are now losing a lot of hair, too, trying to make sense of what experts say. If1,147 words
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Mailbox
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Wry TECH
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Article, Illustration469 2001-01-08 16 John Lui - By John Lui johnlui@sph.com.sg GIVE scientists another 20 years and it’s likely that we in richer countries will easily enjoy average lifespans of over 100 years. In another 20 years, immortality could be within reach. We’re talking about real immortality, not the kind that JimiPaul eric roca - 469 words
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Generation NEXT
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Article438 2001-01-08 16 Angela Ling - By Angela Ling teens@eyeball.com.sg WHEN I was growing up, it never occurred to me that helping another fellow human being or being involved with my community was a big deal. It was not so much because I did not think there were people in need438 words
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283 2001-01-08 17 ‘Prnnps urged to display prices better’ (Jan 4) WOULDN’T it be great if you knew how much a petrol station was charging before you actually drove up to the pump? The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) wants stations to put up prominent signages outside.283 words
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Article, Illustration665 2001-01-08 17 ‘ls FAS being fair to fans?’ (Jan 4) FOOTBALL fans are seeing red over the Football Association of Singapore’s (FAS) decision to rule out bringing Liverpool here for a match. Their reason? A conflict in sponsors. The Merseysiders are sponsored by Carlsberg, while Tiger Beer665 words
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Advertisement50 2001-01-08 2 Departments: Enquiries 730-5800 eyenews@sph.com.sg Local News 730-5806 local@eyeball.com.sg Foreign News 730-5461 'world@eyeball.com.sg Business News 730-5461 biz@eyeball.com.sg Eye Sport 730-5833 sports@eyeball.com.sg Unwind 730-5844 leisure@eyeball.com.sg Tech 730-5817 tech@eyeball.com.sg Online Edition 730-5811 Archives 730-5726 stlib@cyberway.com.sg Subscription hotline 749-2577 Fax 746-1925 Snail Mail Project Eyeball News Centre, Level 6 82, Genting Lane Singapore *****750 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous30 2001-01-08 2 (food morning! V f Partly cloudy in the morning. Showers with thunder over many areas in the afternoon. High: 31C I Low: 23C Tides: 9.11AM/2.9M 11.15PM/2.6M Met Service: http:// www.gov.sg/metsin30 words
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Advertisement40 2001-01-08 6 Log on to asial.comjsg to read about a windsurfer’s near-death experience and why only one out of 10 windsurfers are women. Also, watch a ‘S*|Ja video and a photo essay of windsurfers chasing the wind all the way to Bintan.40 words
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Advertisement205 2001-01-08 8 Baby Bonus Get a chance to have a free birth announcement ad and win $5OO worth of prizes I Simply send us a non-returnable photograph of your baby (below I year old) and a birth announcement message of not more than 30 words. Selected entries will be published for free205 words
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Advertisement33 2001-01-08 9 To be a better-informed flyer, visit these websites. http://www.geae.com/ Irgcom/cf6/ cf 6 comm home.html All about the CF6 engine. http:/ /aviationsafetv.net How each air safety issue can play a role in an accident.33 words
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Advertisement42 2001-01-08 10 For more on the Middle East conflict, log on to: http://www.mideastweb.org/historv.htm Timeline of British, UN, and American initiatives in the Middle East. http://www.pna.net/events/remarks.htm The Palestinian negotiating team’s remarks on the American proposals. http://www3.haaretz.co.il/eng/secret/article.aspPid-*****5 Israel wants a US declaration to steer post-Clinton talks.42 words
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Miscellaneous46 2001-01-08 12 HELEN, SWEETHEART OF THE INTERNET THEM WHY ARE YOU IM FULL TRACTION? \-B YOU TRIPPBP W WHAT SORT OF THE SHOWER? HI! observation? YEAH. IT'S JUST A HAIRLINE v FRACTURE. OBSERVATION' THE DOCTORS OAIP. r^f m A 3 m ill WHO CARES? I'M BHJOYtUG THE PBfABROII46 words
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Advertisement327 2001-01-08 14 Bom to us a tiny tot That started life as a little dot And now she's made the family three. Our daughter Sarah Trinity. Jeffif Dulcie After a long anxious wait, lots of imagination and speculation of our little one, finally here she is, our little princess... Lyn. Tvonne ifjafri327 words
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Advertisement338 2001-01-08 15 15 We thank God for this wonderful gift that is Melissa. Since her arrival, our life has been much more challenging. Praise the Lord for this beautiful bundle of joy. Mrs Belinda Spenninger Hey! Everyone says that I'm so chubby that they can't resist pinching my cheeks. And I could338 words
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Advertisement66 2001-01-08 16 Come March, the Marine Parade Community Development Council is hosting a series of forums for young people in the community to voice their views and take part in community affairs. It’s banking on the exuberance and inventiveness of youth to come up with sound ideas. Four issues will be discussed:66 words
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EyeSport
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Sport IN SHORT
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Article72 2001-01-08 18 AFP MELBOURNE There was no evidence to warrant drug-testing in golf. But, a British newspaper has reported that golfs governing body, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, is working on a new drugs code. The move was partly in response to Australian golfer– AFP - 72 words
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Article59 2001-01-08 18 AP GOLD COAST Three-time winner Karrie Webb and Britain’s Laura Davies lead the field for the ANZ Australian Ladies Masters golf tournament, a joint Australian and European tour event. Organisers said the March 1 to 4 tournament will be held at the Royal Pines Resort course, and– AP - 59 words
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Article44 2001-01-08 18 Reuters AUCKLAND Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak wore a broad smile after his team’s great comeback to win the third one-day international against New Zealand in Auckland yesterday. Zimbabwe reached the 274 winning target with 1.2 overs and one wicket to spare.Reuters - 44 words
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Article47 2001-01-08 18 Reuters HAVANA Three-time Olympic heavyweight boxing champion Felix Savon announced his retirement from the ring, but he will help train Cuba’s fighters for the 2004 Athens Olympics. The six-time world champion had intended a final fight at the world championships in Ireland in June.– Reuters - 47 words
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Article37 2001-01-08 18 Boxing legend Muhammad Ali was a heavyweight gold-medal winner at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games. He went on to win professional boxing’s heavyweight title on three different occasions before retiring and converting to Islam.37 words
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Article, Illustration94 2001-01-08 19 Reuters MINNEAPOLIS-The Minnesota Vikings worked their big-play offence to near perfection and played surprisingly solid defence to bury the New Orleans Saints 34-16 and advance to the NFC championship game. In his first career post-season game, Minnesota quarterback Daunte Culpepper passed for 276 metres for three touchdowns, and– Reuters; AFP - 94 words
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Article48 2001-01-08 19 AP NEW YORK In the Year of the Coach, the job Jim Haslett did in New Orleans was the most outstanding. Haslett, in his First season coaching the Saints, beat a strong field to win The Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year award.– AP - 48 words
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Article56 2001-01-08 19 AP CORAL SPRINGS (Florida) Troubled Dallas Cowboys defensive end Dimitrius Underwood tried to kill himself for the second time in about a year, this time by running into traffic twice on a busy suburban highway, police said. Underwood, 23, suffers from bipolar disorder and in 1999 tried to– AP - 56 words
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Article29 2001-01-08 19 O “THERE were jokes about...Dolphin players being confused that the goal is to score points in both halves, not just the second.” Columnist Justin Simon29 words
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Article141 2001-01-08 20 Zaki Amrullah - Zaki Amrullah TEDDY SHERINGHAM came off the bench for Manchester United to deliver the knockout punch for a 2-1 victory for his side in their FA Cup third-round tie against Fulham yesterday. His left-foot strike in the 89th-minute sealed the victory for United in a close and141 words
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Article110 2001-01-08 20 Reuters LONDON In other third-round action, Liverpool defeated Rotherham 3-0 as Michael Owen sported a new crew-cut hairdo. But the 20-year-old did not get onto the scoresheet as Emile Heskey and Dietmar Hamann were on target. Meanwhile, Gianfranco Zola scored twice to lead Chelsea to a 5-0– Reuters - 110 words
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Article44 2001-01-08 20 TEN years ago today, former national intermediate goalkeeper Kumar Krishnan stopped a last-gasp Sixten Bostrom penalty to give his side Safsa a 0-0 draw with star-studded Geylang International in the Premier League. But the Eagles went on to win the coveted title.44 words
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Article, Illustration512 2001-01-08 18 First victory in four years for Stricker AP MELBOURNE Not even eligible for golfs Match Play Championship three weeks ago, Steve Strieker completed an unlikely journey with a gutsy performance yesterday to beat Pierre Fulke of Sweden. Strieker, No 90 in the world ranking andAP; AFP; Reuters - 512 words
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Article285 2001-01-08 18 AFP MELBOURNE World Match Play golf is unlikely to be played in Australia again, but other World Golf Championship (WGC) events will be, according to PGA tour commissioner Tim Finchem. A rash of top-name players snubbed the World Match Play Championships in Melbourne and crowds– AFP - 285 words
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Article, Illustration647 2001-01-08 19 Victory sends Raiders to RFC championship AP OAKLAND Tory James didn’t wait until he reached the end zone to start celebrating. The Oakland cornerback highstepped for the Final 25 yards of his 90-yard interception return that set the Raiders on a 27-0 rout of the Miami– AP; Reuters; AFP - 647 words
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Premier POINT
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Article467 2001-01-08 20 Chris Lakey - Ticket-hogging Premiership team doesn’t care for fans of lower-league clubs By Chris Lakey eyesport@eyeball.com.sg THE third round of the FA Cup grabs almost as much attention as the final itself, as a handful of insurance agents, forklift truck drivers and supermarket shelf-stack-ers have their day against467 words
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Article, Illustration556 2001-01-08 20 Luke Pachymuthu - 112-86 DEFEAT IN MIAMI By Luke Pachymuthu luke@sph.com.sg THE writing is on the wall for Rick Pitino’s resignation. The Boston Celtics head coach and president, frustrated by his team’s 112-86 loss on Saturday night, did not return to Boston with his team after theAFP; AP - 556 words
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Unwind
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Television
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Article, Illustration1116 2001-01-08 21 IHH• Touted as Singapore’s pioneering, longest-running English sitcom, Under One Roof is downing shutters after six seasons of slapstick and Singlish. Is it exiting with a hang, or is it more a case of good riddance? JEAKMARIE TAN (jeanm@sph.com.sg) charts the ups and downs the good old Tan1,116 words
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Article, Illustration334 2001-01-08 22 FEW can forget that irritatingly chirpy, stick-in-the-brain jingle to introduce Singapore’s funniest family. You know, the inane rap that goes “Moses Lim is Tan Ah Teck, Koh Chieng Mun is Dol-ly, Andrew Lim is Paul...” But what about the unsung heroes and zeroes? Eyeball pays334 words
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The Tube
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TV TATTLE
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Article68 2001-01-08 23 LUKE PERRY is putting his Beverly Hills ***** past behind him when he joins HBO’s award-winning prison drama Oz as a new inmate. In preparation for his role, Perry, 34, formerly known as *****’s resident rebel Dylan McKay, has to grow a big, fat beard, which he68 words
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Article116 2001-01-08 23 THE New York man who claims he was the inspiration for George Costanza, the neurotic character on the now-defunct comedy series Seinfeld, has lost his court battle with the show’s creators. A US$lOO-million (Ssl74-miilion) lawsuit filed by Michael Costanza, who alleged that comedian Jerry Seinfeld and the sitcom’s116 words
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Article123 2001-01-08 23 Jeanmarie Tan - Jeanmarie Tan MTV honours victims of hate crimes this week when it interrupts its regular programming and goes dark for more than 17 hours -a first in its history. Names of hate crime victims will scroll continuously on MTV’s screen without commercial interruptions beginning on Wednesday, after123 words
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Article, Illustration762 2001-01-08 23 Qen-X drama Party Of Five showed us the real meaning of angst-a-thon. But after five seemingly endless seasons of lives 3 lessons and misfortunes, is the party over for the Salinger siblings? JEANMABIE TAN (jeanm@sph.com.sg) inspects the blowout. HE party always T seems to end when you run762 words
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Books
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Article, Illustration944 2001-01-08 24 Alvin Pang - Alvin Pang THUNDER FROM THE EAST: PORTRAIT OF A RISING ASIA Nicholas D Kristof Sheryl WuDunn Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2000 $49.95 (hardcover) SIA’S flexibility lies in the mobility of labour and capital to their most profitable uses, as well as the pragmatism to accept outrageous avenues to944 words
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Book MARKS
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Article131 2001-01-08 24 A DELEGATION of Singaporean writers bound for Manila next week will proceed despite the recent bombings there. The group, led by poet Felix Cheong, had earlier considered cancelling or postponing the literary tour of universities and bookstores in Manila. The hotel where they had intended to stay131 words
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Article88 2001-01-08 24 MOST fashion houses ply customers with champagne and perfume samples at glamorous launches. Bvlgari provides them with reading material instead. Not self-glorifying coffee-table books, but specially commissioned novels, penned by Fay Weldon (The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil), no less. When the Italian jeweller re-opened its Ngee88 words
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Article82 2001-01-08 24 Clara Chow - Clara Chow THE Passion, Jeanette Winterson’s 1987 third novel, is being made into a movie by Miramax, and it wants the author out of the project. Winterson had written the script but the producers deemed it too long and complicated. The £2O-million (5551.7-million) project is still going82 words
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Article, Illustration1280 2001-01-08 25 All books available at Borders BETTANY’S BOOK Thomas Keneally Sceptre, $44.99 THIS is a tale of two sisters, two generations, two continents, two centuries, two faiths, two histories...two everything. And it could very well have been two books too. Thomas Keneally has once again rolled out1,280 words
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Article214 2001-01-08 25 Clara Chow - Clara Chow TROILUS A CRESSIDA William Shakespeare It’s about: The lead-up to the fall of Troy and the anti-love story of Prince Troilus and his beloved Cressida, who defects to the Greek camp. It deals with: Different kinds of infidelity -a woman’s falsehood to her love and214 words
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Article, Illustration792 2001-01-08 26 Beautifully photographed volumes for the coffee table need not cost an arm and a leg. CLARA CHOW (clarac@sph.com.sg) seeks out alternatives that look as good. WANT to up the chic factor in your new apartment? Well, there’s nothing like a couple of coffee-table books tastefully scattered aroundClarence Chan - 792 words
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Tube Talk
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Article109 2001-01-08 27 Australian expressions Planning a holiday in Australia? Bone up on these expressions. Australians use them all the time. Honest. Don’t come the raw prawn with me Don’t try and deceive me Point percy at the porcelain Use the urinal Flat out like a lizard drinking Very thirsty109 words
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Miscellaneous582 2001-01-08 27 Movies My Brother’s Keeper 11.30 pm Hallmark 36 Tom Bradley, who is HIV positive, is told by the doctor that his only chance for survival rests in receiving a bone marrow transplant from his twin brother. Days before the operation, Tom’s insurance company refuses to pay for the procedure. With582 words
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The Back Page
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Article, Illustration171 2001-01-08 28 DESPITE being known for her Lolita image, Kirsten Dnnst (below) says she’s the pickiest girl on Earth when it comes to boyfriends. “I've learned that it’s rare to feel an instant sexual connection,” she says. “Nervous energy, yes, but not the real thing.” The star, who turns171 words
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Article, Illustration170 2001-01-08 28 AP COURTNEY LOVE (left) is suing her boyfriend’s ex-wife, claiming the woman is on a mission to destroy her. The lawsuit claims Lesley Barber is “obsessed” with Love because she blames the singer and actress for the end of her marriage with Jim Barber. Love is– AP - 170 words
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Article150 2001-01-08 28 MADONNA and Britney Spears look ready to take their mutual admiration further by recording a song together. According to PageSix.com, Spears has set aside a few days for studio collaboration with Madonna in May, just ahead of the release of her third album. “At this150 words
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Article, Illustration96 2001-01-08 28 MICK JAGGER (right) has been given a top job on the Caribbean island of Mustique. PeopleNews said the Rolling Stone was elected as chairman of the Mustique Educational Trust. He will be in charge of keeping the island’s school and library well stocked with96 words
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Making HEADLINES
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Article, Illustration58 2001-01-08 28 CALISTA FLOCKHART the waif-like star of the TV programme Ally McBeal, is to appear in a stage production of The Philadelphia Story in London later this year, reported PeopleNews. The American star already has a distinguished stage record, having played Laura in Tennessee Williams’ The Glass58 words
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Article166 2001-01-08 28 GUV RITCHIE is to make a film about the life of his war-hero grandfather, Major Stewart “Jack” Ritchie, who won the Military Cross in World War I, only to die in WW II fighting with the 51st Highland Division. The director, despite claiming he was brought up166 words
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