Project Eyeball, 9 April 2001

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    11 1 projecteyeball. eyeball.asiaLcom.sg Mita (p) 105/03/2001 Monday, April 9, 2001 80 CENTS
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      467 1 NO YAWNS WITH YANANDWAN Celebrity TV chefs Wan Ismail and Martin Yan mix a pound of personality to a few teaspoons of humour for a dish just right for viewers. See Pages 18-19 T. CRAZY AMERICANS When they’re not running into Asian planes, they’re swopping monkeys’ heads, says John Lni.
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  • NEWS & VIEWS
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      112 2 SNAIL mail has a whole new meaning in Sri Lanka’s civil service. A memo sent from the second floor offices of the public administration ministry took two weeks to crawl its way up to the seventh floor or covering about 15 metres in 14 days. But despite having possibly
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      Lock icon Kwok finally comes of age
      409 2  -  He performs with scintillating choreography and a near-perfect voice By Tan Dawn Wei da vvntan@sph.com.sg THERE used to be a joke about Aaron Kwok not being able to sing and dance at the same time, unless he was lip-synching. More than 10 years of hard
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    • Eyeball NEWS
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        187 2 IF YOU tried to log on to the local Singapore Airlines (SIA) website to book a ticket yesterday you would have found a rude message left by a hacker. The site, http://www.singap oreair.com.sg, was replaced by an angry message apparently directed at US computer giant Microsoft. The
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        164 2 AN OPERATION to separate the 11-month old Siamese twins from Nepal looked set to stretch into a fourth gruelling day yesterday. Singapore General Hospital communications manager Ho Lai Fung told Eyeball: “The operation is still going on. We are unable to confirm exactly when it
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        Lock icon Adventurer Khoo on charity mission
        174 2 KHOO SWEE CHIOW is on a mission, and for once, it does not involve snow-capped mountains, chilling winds or the danger of frostbite. A month ago, he launched the Extreme North Charity Mission with Marine Parade Community Development Council. And although his North Pole expedition
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        Lock icon NKF raised $3.75m in charity show
        161 2 COMPERE Sharon Au used a bare fuel-soaked finger to light a fire and singers Kit Chan and William So crooned melodies from a box filled with ice. This is just Part One of the National Kidney Foundation’s (NKF) fund-raising shows. Held last night and
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      300 3 j LONDON British spies and security service staff will be issued with high-tech James Bond-style briefcases for their laptops after a spate of embarrassing bungles and thefts. The thiefproof cases, costing £l,OOO (552,597) each, were ordered after it was revealed that 204 laptops were lost or stolen since
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      Lock icon Umno leader warns Malays about PAS
      420 3 Says opposition would turn Malaysia into a meritocracy Wires KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s Malays risk suffering “the same fate” as Singapore’s Malays if they allow the opposition to take power, warned a senior official of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s ruling party yesterday.
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      Lock icon Triads infiltrate Aussie schools
      193 3 AP SYDNEY Triad gangs are using elite private schools here as recruiting grounds, enlisting nonAsian teenagers to sell drugs and extort money from other students, according to a local newspaper. The gangs are preying on the private schools in Sydney’s northern suburbs, which contain some of
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    • Eyeball FOCUS
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        Lock icon More tourists, but less cash
        1254 4  -  Dollars don’t keep pace with record arrivals because of lower room rates, stop-over passengers By Leong Pik Yin pikyin@sph.com.sg THE champagne can wait. Tourist arrivals hit an all-time high of 7.69 million last year. And chances are there could be a re-cord-breaking eight million arrivals
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      Lock icon THEME TOURS YET TO CATCH ON
      529 4 JAZZ up your tours. That was what the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) urged local operators to do four years ago. Since then, a series of New Asia-Singapore tours with colourful themes and exotic names like “In Harmony With Feng Shui and “Flavours Of New
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      Lock icon Dropping in on Singapore
      240 5 EYEBALL tagged along for a city tour with RMG Tours, and found out why some tourists decided to visit Singapore in the first place. Most tourists we spoke to typically planned to stay here for a couple of days before heading out to other destinations. Michele
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    • Singapore
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        774 6  -  Youngsters are becoming more aware that a job is more than Just about money and security By Uyen Vu uyen@sph.com.sg YOUNG people are getting increasingly choosy with their career options, and a person’s love for one’s job is gaining greater recognition. That’s just as well
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        660 6 Uyen Vu SHE didn’t need any prompting to beat out a career path driven by her love for history. Cheryl-Ann Low was smitten when she first took it on as an A-level subject. Before, she used to work extra hard to earn good grades,
        – Uyen Vu; Law Kian Yan; Clarence Chan  -  660 words
    • The World
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        Lock icon Stalemate over collision incident
        721 7 US-China ties ‘being damaged’ by unresolved dispute Wires BEIJING The United States yesterday said its ties with China could be hurt as 24 US air crew ended their eighth day in detention. Striking a cautionary note, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said the US-Chinese relationship
        – Wires; AFP  -  721 words
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        Lock icon A very sorry season
        316 7  -  APOLOGIES TAKE OVER THE NEWS By George Kelly Salon FROM the US to Japan to the United Nations the whole world was caught in a storm of regret last Week. Here are some notes: Sow not to do it: “We regret that the Chinese plane did
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        Lock icon Making the most of uni
        668 8 Harvard study tells students how NYT DO YOU think students would get a better university education if they receive expert advice beforehand? Well, the people at Harvard University think most students could benefit from valuable preuniversity tips. And that’s why, back in 1986, they asked
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        Lock icon Sophie’s remarks turn British royal family red in the face
        313 8 FOOLED BY UNDERCOVER REPORTER Wires LONDON So Sophie Rhys-Jones didn’t call Queen Elizabeth II “the old dear” after all. But, there was enough in the remarks made by Prince Edward’s wife, splashed across a tabloid yesterday, to acutely embarrass Britain’s
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        Lock icon Sicilian Mafia prefers legit business to bullets
        572 9 THEY NOW COLLABORATE WITH POLITICIANS Reuters PALERMO (Sicily) With the Italian general election due next month, the Mafia is changing its ways of influencing politicians in order to meet its chief goal of doing business and making money. Gone are the bloody old
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        Lock icon Mobster makes hit on the Internet
        461 9 Real-life Goodfellas character sets up own website LONDON Henry Hill might not be a familiar name to those outside the mafia underworld, but his life as an informant certainly is, after being portrayed in the Hollywood movie Goodfellas. Now that most of the mobsters
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    • Technology
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        Lock icon Mouse to lose its curves
        374 10 Designed to prevent repetitive strain injuries, new device may come with new computers THE picture you see here is that of an ergonomically designed mouse, which could come bundled with new computers later this year. A Swedish expert in ergonomics has developed this device, which
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        Lock icon Nasa releases more photos of Mars
        313 10 NEW SATELLITE LAUNCHED AP PASADENA (California) Some 10,230 new images of Mars have been made available by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa). The latest release boosts to more than 67,500 the total number of pictures taken by cameras aboard the orbiting Mars
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    • Business
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        Lock icon Market to settle down, but outlook still bearish
        380 11 INVESTORS REMAIN CONCERNED Wires IF YOU are a punter in stocks, there’s not much to look forward to this week. Analysts said the market would settle down after quarter-end position adjustment by funds pushed up volumes in late March. “Sentiment is still
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      • Personal FINANCE
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          Lock icon Learning from the Asian flu
          47 11 Minister of Finance Richard Hu, addressing delegates during a conference of the Third Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance held here last week, said that many Asian countries have strengthened corporate regimes and improved transparency and disclosure procedures following the financial crisis. AFP
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          538 11  -  Returns are low, but they’re safe By Fiona Voon IN THE end, it’s not the stock market punter who laughs all the way to the bank, but the ones who put their money in fixed deposits. Yes, that staid, old investment option fixed deposits (FDs) is
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      • Wry TECH
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          Lock icon Getting ahead
          656 14  -  By John Lui talk@sph.com.sg WOOHOO! You just gotta love those crazy Americans! When they’re not busy bumping their hard, Texas-sized hardware into flimsy, wee ships and planes from Asian countries, they’re transplanting heads. Over at BBC News Online (http://news.bbc.co.uk) there’s a report of a Professor Robert White, from
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        • Article
          Lock icon SIT DOWN, PLEASE?
          82 14 THE Singapore Kindness Movement has been spreading its message for four years. Have we been taking any notice? Try our test: A pregnant woman gets on the MRT and there are no seats available. You... 63% Immediately get up and offer your seat. 16% Pretend you’re asleep.
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      • Generation NEXT
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          335 14  -  By Gail Aw OUR england so terok, no wonder our gowernment say die die oso must learn to speak engwish pwoperly. Singlish is a glorious manifestation of our embryonic cultural identity, as far as I’m concerned. The sheer richness of vocabulary, derived from no
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        878 15 Singlish is okay just know it’s not English ‘Good English drive may be off the mark’ ‘Let’s do without Singlish’ (April 6) THE 2001 Speak Good English campaign aims to improve the standard of English spoken in Singapore and to discourage the use of Singlish. Do we need a campaign
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      25 2 (food morning! Showers with thunder in the afternoon over many areas. High: 33C 1 Low: 24C Tides: 12.03PM/3 JM Information not available Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin
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      72 7 For more news on the spy plane crisis going on in China: http:/ www.msnbc.com/news/*****2.a5p Henry Kissinger on bridging the cultural gap between the US and China. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world asia-pacific/newsid *****00/*****59.5tm Why it is so difficult for either the US or China to give in during this diplomatic battle. http://www.theage.com.au/news/2001/04/08/ FFXQO7O9BLC.htmI An
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      54 7 SMALL PRICE BIG ROOM *llll* rnm m m illlilii^ 1 B I- ®II n .w f >ll II hotel 88 Complimentary Drinks Weekday Weekend Standard Room $4O $5O Superior Room $5O $6O Deluxe Room $55 $65 Transit Passenger/Stop Over $lB Tel: 842 0188 ClO lines) Fax: 842 0388 12, Geylang
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      62 8 Making The Most Of College can be ordered through Borders Singapore for 5539.99 or through the Net for U 5524.95 (Ss4s). And if you’re interested in studying in the United States, check out these sites: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/ college.corank.htm The 2001 US college ranking compiled by US News online. http://www.studyoverseas.com/tips/f tips.htm Tips
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      40 10 7 nQ o £<3 5 -n m x m z: 2001 Peter fc\ Zale Distributed by Tribune Media Services H o» 73 3> 55 o 5k >TO \3 mO 73 to R\ u u w/vv.peterzaie.com www.comicspage.com jein, sweetheart of the
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      291 12 It's never too late to have a baby, For autumn is just like spring; And it's never too late to have another one. Desmond Ooi Like to find out my secret of happiness? All you have to do is to laugh away all worries smile charmingly like the way I
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      222 13 Although daddy and mummy suffered some loss While conceving you, your beautiful jolly smile tells us that everything is worth the effort and you are our greatest achievement! Winnifer Leaw Ever since I was born, all my friends marvelled and even turned green with envy at my stylish hairdo. My
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  • EyeSport
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      Lock icon F1 boss offers stake to unhappy car firms
      267 16 Reuters LONDON Formula One mo-tor-racing supremo Bernie Ecclestone has offered to sell 50 per cent of his family’s stake in the sport to the motor manufacturers who have threatened to form a rival circuit, a newspaper reported on Sunday. Ecclestone told Britain’s
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      330 16 Arsenal’s French quartet excel against Tottenham Wires MANCHESTER French international Robert Pires put Arsenal into the FA Cup final, scoring the winning goal in the 74th minute for a 2-1 victory yesterday over north London archrival Tottenham. Arsenal will be aiming for its eighth FA
      – Wires; Reuters  -  330 words
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      Lock icon First loss for Prince Naseem
      352 16 MEXICAN BARRERA WINS ON POINTS USA Today LAS VEGAS They called the fight Playing With Fire, and on Saturday night, Prince Naseem Hamed got burned. For the very first time in his career. The people’s featherweight championship fight was more scientific than explosive, but Mexican
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    • Sport IN SHORT
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        89 17 AUSTIN (Texas) Olympic champion and 100 m world-record holder Maurice Greene anchored the HSI team to victory in the 4xloo m relay here on Saturday at the Texas Relays. Greene joined training partners Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams and Curtis Johnson to win in 37.88 secs with the Austin
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        54 17 AFP LAS VEGAS Britain’s Lennox Lewis is focused on his title defence against Hasim Rahman in South Africa and not on his movie or a possible bout with Mike Tyson. Lewis, who filmed here for Oceans Eleven, will defend his International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Council
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        Lock icon A pitch too low
        78 17 AP MILWAUKEE United States President George W Bush’s first pitch in the major leagues was a bust. The President’s ceremonial first pitch before the first game at the Milwaukee Brewers’ new ballpark skipped in the dirt before thumping into the mitt of the Brewers manager Davey
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      491 17 Fans and players at Augusta National stick to game’s traditions NYT AUGUSTA (Georgia) Of all the things that make the Masters different from other golf tournaments, the event’s most distinct quality is a pervasive atmosphere of respect for the game. When Tiger Woods made his charge
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      Lock icon A star named Stojakovic
      356 17 KINGS FORWARD IS HEARTTHEROB TOO Wires SACRAMENTO When Peja Stojakovic takes the court for pregame shootarounds, he gets his biggest cheers from the women and their daughters who arrive early to watch the Sacramento Kings. Forget about his ability to put the ball in the basket.
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      127 17 GOLF: If you missed the final round, log on to CBS Sportsline (http://www. master.org) and tune in to Jim Nance and his crew as they take you through the 18 holes of the Augusta National, conduct player interviews and provide insights on the past three days. Check out
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  • Unwind
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      Lock icon Watch me COOK
      758 18 Turn on the tube and, chances are, a celebrity chef is showing how to souffle. JEAKHIARIE TAN (j eanm@sph.com.sg) chats with ebullient Asian icons Martin Tan and Wan Ismail about their recipes for TV success over fried rice and coffee. YOU’VE leafed through Singapore’s foodie bible Makansutra
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    • The Tube
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        Lock icon THREE RECIPES FOR SUCCESS
        468 19  -  Jeanmarie Tan IT APPEARS that old-school culinary connoisseurs Keith Floyd and Ken Horn have had their last supper. That’s because a new breed of celebrity TV chefs are tantalising our tastebuds on Channel 5. But these multi-talented cooks have stuck their fingers in many other pies
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      • Eyeballing Television
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          Lock icon Bursting soap bubbles
          683 20 Spoof soap Qrosse Point may be on the verge of cancellation in the United States, but catch its spot-on lampooning of teen TV here, while you still can, says JEANMARIE TAN (jeanm@sph.com.sg). TEEN soaps are characterised by bad acting, cheesy writing and unbelievable plots. It’s a genre
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    • Books
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        Lock icon There’s no such thing as a free read
        1033 21 A website set up last year claims to be ‘Napster for Books’. But what are the legal issues invoked? CLARA CHOW (clarac@sph.com.sg) senses a sinker, and tells you why. “The future of online publishing sits right next to your computer: It’s a
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      • Book MARKS
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          Lock icon Strange tales
          151 22 THE London Book Fair last month saw a buzz over four titles some strange, and some, erm, not so strange. Secrets Of The Exodus, written by two Moroccan researchers, claims that the Biblical tale of the Israeli exodus from Egypt actually refers to Pharaoh Akhnaten, who was driven
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          Lock icon Gory Vidal
          128 22  -  Clara Chow GORE VIDAL recently ordered a beheading. “Now Joanne Freeman,” he wrote. “You will climb these six steps to the scaffold, holding in your hand a scarf. “Kneel at the top. Place your neck on the block and, when ready, drop the scarf and... But I am
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        Lock icon It’s all so very Austentatious
        494 22 Reviews: Clara Chow JANE AUSTEN Carol Shields (Weidenfeld Nicolson), $33.80 PRIDE PROMISCUITY: THE LOST SEX SCENES OF JANE AUSTEN Arielle Eckstut and Dennis Ashton (Fireside), $17.40 CAROL SHIELDS pens Jane Austen, the latest in Penguin’s well-received Lives series, which has renowned authors writing the biographies
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        Lock icon LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE
        186 22 LITERARY hoaxes are a dime a dozen. Check these out: HOWARD HUGHES’ AUTOBIOGRAPHY Clifford Irving claimed in the early 1970 s that he had been authorised to write the autobiography of ailing, eccentric multi-millionaire Howard Hughes. MacGraw-Hill paid Irving an advance of US$l.5 million (552.7
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        392 23 ELECTRIC LIGHT Seamus Heaney (Faber), $23.46 NOBEL-PRIZE winner Seamus Heaney is back with a slim volume aptly titled Electric Light. It shimmers with quiet observations on nature, an impassioned flaring of Irish pride, as well as the buzzing, nervous energy of a creative life that is aware that
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        Lock icon Coming closer to godliness
        264 23 THE DEATH OF VISHNU Manil Suri (Bloomsbury), $29.82 IN 1997, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham received an application to attend his prestigious writing workshop. Enclosed was a manuscript. Manil Suri was not only accepted into the class, but the heated auction for his debut, The Death
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        190 23 THE MASTER AMD MARGARITA Mikhail Bulgakov WHO: Master of Russian surrealism, friend of Josef Stalin, and former employee of the Soviet train-workers’ union and the Moscow Arts Theatre. His works were banned for most of the Soviet period, but have since attained cult status in the West.
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        244 23  -  Clara Chow THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES Eve Ensler (Villard Books), $23.50 THE controversial play boasting a celeb cast Glenn Close, Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet has been reissued with new pieces and an afterword of sorts by Karen Obel, director of V-Day, the movement to stop violence against women.
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      279 20 H > TV: THIS WEEK’S TOP PICKS Movies Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Saturday 9 pm HBO (Ch 60) YEAH baby! Mike Myers is back as the grossly hirsute and buck-toothed English “international man of mystery” in this hysterical sequel (right). Travelling back to the swinging 1960 s
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      127 21 Free texts usually classics, on which the copyright has expired, or out-of-print rarities can be downloaded from these sites: Project Gutenberg http://www.pro mo.net/pg The original books-for-free site. Started in 1971 by Michael Hart, with hundreds of volunteers to scan and input almost an e-text a day. Currently has more than
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      Lock icon Chat & Mouse
      281 24 Chat Mouse Job guessing A SHEPHERD was herding his flock in a remote pasture when a brand new Jeep Cherokee suddenly advanced out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, Oakley sunglasses and a YSL tie leaned out of the
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      Lock icon Versace auction raises millions
      134 24 SOTHEBY’s auction of furniture, art and clothing design sketches belonging to slain fashion designer Gianni Versace ended after generating more than US$lO million (SslB million) in three days. The 600 lots ranged from 19th century paintings to the designer’s own creations such as a brightly coloured
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      Lock icon Aniston gets scoop on Pitt’s make-out partner
      146 24 WHO wouldn’t be jealous if she was married to Brad Pitt? Jennifer Aniston (left), who fretted about make-out scenes between her husband’s character and a mob moll played by hottie Belly Adkins in the Steven Soderberghdirected remake of Ocean’s Eleven, freaked when Courteney
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    • Making HEADLINES
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        Lock icon Billy Bob sings from the gut
        74 24 CTOR/DIRECTOR Billy Thornton been busy recording a country album. “I’m not doing hobby,” Thornton said. “I really love music. And really care about it. I hope everybody listens to it in the right spirit. I mean, I wrote the songs right out of my
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        57 24 —Wires DIDO who shot to fame when Ernlimm sampled her song Thank You in his rap hip Stan is set to marry lawyer Bob Pagß...Woody Harrelson and friends will embark on a bike ride and a tour across much of the US in a hemp-and-vegetable oil powered bus to
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