Project Eyeball, 9 January 2001
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Advertisement427 2001-01-09 1 HUMVEEISME You can inflate or deflate your tyres as you drive this macho military vehicle. Cool, says DAVE BARRY. Why? asks his wife. See Page 17 YES TO LIVERPOOL The football association now says it will try to bring Carlsberg-sponsored Liverpool to Singapore. And if that falls through, sponsor Tiger427 words
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NEWS & VIEWS
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Article, Illustration102 2001-01-09 2 A CALENDAR featuring a naked Irish priest has been shelved at the request of the Bishop of Galway. Father Olan Rynn, 27, was pictured wearing only his clerical collar and covering his modesty with a Bible for the calendar, to raise money for cancer and cerebral palsy research. Although102 words
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Article, Illustration351 2001-01-09 2 Line-up for May launch includes shows that will push boundaries IF YOU think something’s sorely missing from the local television scene, prepare for an exciting programming blitz come May, courtesy of Singapore Press Holding’s spankin-new English channel TV Works. Its senior vice-president, Andrea Teo,Yen Meng Jiin - 351 words
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Eyeball NEWS
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158 2001-01-09 2 THE Singapore branch of Germany’s Bayerische Landesbank (BLB), which suffered big losses in the Asian financial crisis, has been told by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to “take the necessary measures to rectify the control deficiencies” and to make full provisions in 1997 and 1998158 words
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111 2001-01-09 2 NATIONAL University of Singapore (NUS) students will be able to make free phone calls soon with a programme that uses NUS’ own computer network as a telephone line. The software that makes this work is called IP Softphone, reports ZDNetAsia.com. NUS plans to have111 words
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Article85 2001-01-09 2 AN ASIAN Community similar to the European Union to help the region tackle its problems. The proposal was made by Communications and Information Technology Minister Yeo Cheow Tong yesterday at the opening of the Japan-Singapore Symposium. He said that Asian countries may not want to follow the85 words
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Article, Illustration54 2001-01-09 2 Some 40 students from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology cramming themselves cheerfully into a four-room HDB flat, in order to learn more about the living environment of a typical Singapore family. They are here as part of a six-day leadership trainingYen Meng Jiin - 54 words
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Article, Illustration308 2001-01-09 3 pLONDoi^ Britain will make a policy U-turn and propose to George W Bush’s incoming US administration that the bombing of targets in southern Iraq should be stopped. ABIDJAN Soldiers loyal to Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo battled to crush an apparent coup attempt by rebel fighters against theMik Zarzuela/Bong Fortin - 308 words
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Article, Illustration172 2001-01-09 3 AP PUTRAJAYA Indonesian Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri held “successful” talks yesterday with Malaysian Deputy Premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on bilateral matters that had strained relations for years. They include the ceaseless wave of illegal Indonesian immigrants seeking work in Malaysia, illegal logging along the countries’ common border– AP; AP - 172 words
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275 2001-01-09 3 Angara dictates terms to president Reuters MANILA Philippine President Joseph Estrada, fighting impeachment over corruption charges, has agreed to observe a code of conduct that a newspaper said yesterday has made a top aide a “de facto prime minister”. Newly-installed presidential executive secretaryReuters - 275 words
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Eyeball FOCUS
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Article669 2001-01-09 4 Eri Akbar - On most Government websites, e-services mean uploading traditional methods online By Eri Akbar eri@sph.com.sg AT FIRST glance, putting Government services online may seem a one-stop answer to those tedious paper forms and long waits in line. But take a closer look. Log on to the Land669 words
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Article, Illustration368 2001-01-09 4 eGoverament portal The eCitlzen Centre (http://www.edtlzemgov.sg) has many e-service packages, such as one for couples tying the knot, or for National Servicemen. The portal is linked to Government websites: altogether, they make up a total of 120 e-services available to the public. Ctommonly-accessed Government e-services Transportation368 words
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Article, Illustration525 2001-01-09 5 Lim Puay Leng - COPING WITH GRIEF IN CYBERSPACE By Lim Puay Leng puayleng@sph.com.sg WHEN Pamela Yiau died after drinking a lethal mixture of bourbon mixed with Ecstasy in February last year, her father set up a website to help himself and others deal with their loss. HisDesmond Wee - 525 words
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Article, Illustration585 2001-01-09 5 There’s data overload in Internet age TOO much information, too little time. That’s what the Internet has done to people. The result, says Senior Minster Lee Kuan Yew is a generation that has information but does not have the wisdom and the585 words
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Article, Illustration675 2001-01-09 6 Pensioner dies after London to Melbourne flight A 68-YEAR-OLD pensioner on a Singapore Airlines flight from Britain to Australia has reportedly died from “economy-class syndrome”, and the family of the dead man is considering legal action against SIA. A father-of-four, Thomas Lamb died afterBong Fortin - 675 words
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525 2001-01-09 6 S.N.P. DENIES IT IS WINDING UP ENGLISH IMPRINT ARE Singapore’s award-winning literary works going to be turned into toilet paper? That was the question buzzing around the writing circle since last week. Many prominent authors who have their work published under Raffles Editions, the general525 words
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Health
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Article, Illustration505 2001-01-09 7 System monitors abnormal heartbeats and helps detection of infections in premature babies CALL it an alarm with foresight, made just for premature babies. There’s a new heart-monitoring system available that can detect infections even before the symptoms show, thus helping to prevent potentially fatal infections in505 words
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Stork OPTIONS
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Article704 2001-01-09 7 DEAR Dr Chen: I’m 28 and have been diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). I have been taking the contraceptive pill, Diane 35, for about two years, in order to get regular periods. But, now, I’ve decided to have a nbaby. What are my options? SYNTH Dr704 words
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The World
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Article, Illustration510 2001-01-09 8 CHAVEZ, ASHCROFT CRITICISED Wires AUSTIN (Texas) Presidentelect George W Bush’s two most controversial Cabinet choices came under heightened attack yesterday, with Labour Secre-tary-designate Linda Chavez acknowledging that an illegal immigrant had lived in her house in the early *****. Senator John Ashcroft, Bush’s choice– Wires; AP - 510 words
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Article, Illustration61 2001-01-09 8 Reuters Sixty-five runners and a few walkers braving New Zealand’s first nude fun run at Lake Tekapo on Sunday. The participants, including naturists from Britain, Canada and Holland, didn’t get a bum deal with a curvaceous cross-country course. At the end of theReuters - 61 words
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504 2001-01-09 8 It’s Survivor with sex, but groups are slamming Fox TV Wires LOS ANGELES Send four couples and a television camera crew to a Caribbean island, surround them with a bevy of single hunks and babes in swimsuits and what have you– Wires - 504 words
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Mid-East PART 2
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Article, Illustration992 2001-01-09 9 SALON.COM In the second of a two-part series, MICHAEL ADAMS argues that US policy in the Middle East is unabashedly one-sided in favour of Israel. WASHINGTON The clearest illustration of the insincerity of Israel’s approach to the peace process is to be seen in the JewishAP - 992 words
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369 2001-01-09 9 AP NEW YORK Even though he has less than two weeks left in the White House, President Bill Clinton has not given up hope on a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians but he is not too hopeful either. “We’ve got a– AP - 369 words
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Technology
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Article, Illustration490 2001-01-09 11 Digital and wireless technology will drive consumer goods this year CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW Reuters LAS VEGAS With only about 350 days left until next Christmas, the world’s makers of televisions, phones and, stereos are already touting a host of new digital and wireless gadgets to knockReuters; AP - 490 words
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Article207 2001-01-09 11 Winston Goh - MACWORLD Winston Goh 1 LIKE the born salesman that he is, Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs will probably unveil something new with his usual flourish at the Macworld Expo set to start tomorrow in San Francisco. Among the guess-what’s-coming game was a story by CNET last week,207 words
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Article124 2001-01-09 11 NYT NEW YORK The dotcom bust continues to claim new victims. New York Times Digital, the Internet division of The New York Times Company, is laying off about 70 employees, because of unexpected slackening ad revenue. The move, by a company which puts out the highly-ac-claimed– NYT - 124 words
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Article, Illustration655 2001-01-09 12 When we were kids, we believed we'd be zipping around in flying cars by now. While we're nowhere near this Jetson-esquc&ision, EUGENE WEE (eugenew@sph.com.sg) shows you that 2001 will see plenty of drool-worthy cars. ALFA ROMEO 147 WITH its sharp looks and sprightly power plant, the Alfa Romeo655 words
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Business
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Article676 2001-01-09 13 Nicholas Yong - Financial-planning websites want to manage your money By Nicholas Yong nicyong@sph.com.sg FINANCIAL planners might as well start looking at alternative professions. Who, after all, needs a planner when you can map out your financial future online? Not when a host of websites tell you how much676 words
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613 2001-01-09 13 BEAT THE FALLING STOCK MARKET Washington Post YOU can either mourn the falling stock market or get around it by mapping out your financial future. Financial planners say a systematic, well-thought-out approach to your money is more valuable than ever before. Here are some– Washington Post - 613 words
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Mailbox
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Expat EYE
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Article, Illustration772 2001-01-09 16 Where does one take the kids on an island that's just 42 km across? MADHU SINHA ROY offers a survival kit for those on the merciless 24-hour, seven-days-a-week shift. I SING Sesame Street songs in the shower. I rejoice when the Tweenies come toMik zarazuela - 772 words
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Article299 2001-01-09 16 HAN LIANG YUAN (Ms - HAN LIANG YUAN (Ms) LTA manager, media relations IN HIS letter to Eyeball last week, Narayana Narayana said that the explanation given by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) concerning the crash between two Light Rapid Transit trains in November was unsatisfactory. He also said the $lO,OOO299 words
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Article, Illustration928 2001-01-09 17 Dave Barry - By Dave Barry talk@eyeball.com.sg IT IS time for our popular feature “Stuff That Guys Need”. Today’s topic is: The Humvee. Most Americans became aware of the Humvee (military shorthand for HUgely Masculine VEEhickle) during the Gulf War, when US troops, driving Humvees equipped withPaul Ease Roca - 928 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous33 2001-01-09 2 (food morning! i Showers with thunder are expected in the afternoon and early evenings over many areas. High: 32C 1 Low: 23C Tides: 10AM/3.0M no second high tide Met Service: http:// www.gov.sg/ metsin33 words
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Advertisement33 2001-01-09 4 If you’ve tried accessing eCitizens or any other Government services online, post bouquets or brickbats at http://eyeforum. asial.com.sg. Tell us, are you a converted e-citizen, or do you prefer it the old-fashioned way?33 words
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Advertisement34 2001-01-09 5 Another site dedicated to Pamela Yiau: http://pamelayiau.homepage.com A cyber-obituary site based in Singapore: http://heavenpoint.com.sg For grieving parents who have lost their children to accidents or disease: http://www.penparents.org/ For bereaved widows and widowers: http:// www.groww.com/34 words
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Advertisement41 2001-01-09 6 http://ww.medicinenet.com If you are curious about “economy-class syndrome”? http://www.onemedhub.com/personal_health /travel_health/economy_class.html What can you do to to minimise “economy-class syndrome”? http://www.accenthealth.com What are some of the exercises you can do on the plane? Read SlA’s full reply on the issue at http^/eyebalLasiaLconusg41 words
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Advertisement81 2001-01-09 7 For more on premature babies, click on: http://www.medsch. wisc.edu/childrenshosp/ parents of preemies/ toc.html Explains in detail the kinds of problems a premature baby might have and their solutions. http://www. timesofindia.com/ *****0/llhlth3.htm How music played from a harp may heal and soothe critically-ill newborns. Want a baby but don’t know where81 words
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Advertisement200 2001-01-09 10 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 free200 words
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Miscellaneous59 2001-01-09 11 HELEN, SWEETHEART OF THE INTERNET i coulpvb pom this just AS EASILY WITH A 3UUCH OF PEOPLE AROCNP. VEAH, RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT YOU SET FOR LfVWS ALONE! HOWV YOU EREAK YOUR FOOT? TO WIT; /VI TR\PPBU AT HOME. POW'T EE STUPIPJ wmm as a t ;i r sSwr-x mmm mm*59 words
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Advertisement455 2001-01-09 14 Adlmage President Mr Sherwin Greenblatt Joining Bose Corporation as the first employee in the *****, Greenblatt was an electrical engineering student at MIT. Today, he has risen through the ranks from Chief Engineer to Director of Engineering to finally become Company President. With his outstanding contributions to managing company operations455 words
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Advertisement19 2001-01-09 16 If you have interesting suggestions on where to take your kids on weekends, let us know at expat@eyebalL com.sg19 words
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EyeSport
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Sport IN SHORT
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Article53 2001-01-09 18 AFP PUNTADELESTE (Argentina) Argentina beat New Zealand 26-21 in the final of the Sevens tournament here, w'atched by 15,000 spectators. The Pumas and the All Blacks used the tournament as a warm-up for the World Cup Sevens, which will take place in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from Jan– AFP - 53 words
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Article, Illustration56 2001-01-09 18 Reuters LONDON-England coach Clive Woodward has said he had never considered axing Martin Johnson as captain despite his 35-day ban for foul play during a club match. Woodward stressed that Johnson had done an “exceptional job” as England skipper. Johnson, despite his suspension for foul play, has done– Reuters; AFP - 56 words
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Article38 2001-01-09 18 Reuters BOSTON-Rick Pitino, frustrated over his inability to turn around the struggling Boston Celtics, is expected to announce his resignation as the team’s coach later today. Assistant Jim O’Brien will take over as interim coach.– Reuters - 38 words
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Article26 2001-01-09 18 “WT just don’t see Stan in our plans anymore.” Bradford City manager Jim Jefferies, on striker Stan Collymore’s future with the Bantams.26 words
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Article, Illustration51 2001-01-09 19 Reuters LONDON David Jones’ Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 in the FA Cup third round over the weekend. Jones left Southampton last January to fight child-abuse charges. He was cleared in December. Jones left in January to fight child-abuse charges. He was cleared in December.– Reuters; Reuters - 51 words
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Article37 2001-01-09 19 AFP MILAN- Lazio chief Sergio Cragnotti said yesterday that he would “have a chat” with coach Sven Goran Eriksson after the Italian champions were defeated 2-1 by Napoli in a Serie A match.– AFP - 37 words
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Article33 2001-01-09 19 AFP ROME Lazio’s Yugoslav defender Sinisa Mihajlovic has said he was contemplating leaving the team when his contract expires in the summer. Mihajlovic was jeered after Lazio lost to Napoli.– AFP - 33 words
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Article29 2001-01-09 19 Reuters ROME AS Roma’s Argentine striker Gabriel Batistuta might need surgery for tendinitis, which would sideline him for up to four months, club surgeon Pier Mariani said.– Reuters - 29 words
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Article34 2001-01-09 19 FOUR years ago today, Fandi Ahmad signed a US$l-million (S$1.74-million), five-year sponsorship deal with the Royal Sporting House Group. He became the highest paid local sportsman then and wore RSH’s Reebok outfit.34 words
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Article47 2001-01-09 20 AP ROME China’s national soccer team will play defending Italian league champions Lazio in an exhibition match later today. China, relatively new to top level competition, is on a world tour that will include a Jan 27 match against USA at Oakland, California.– AP - 47 words
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Article82 2001-01-09 20 AFP LONDON Belgian striker Luc Nilis is set to retire next week following a terrible leg break while playing for Aston Villa in the Premiership. The 33-year-old Nilis has been recuperating in his native country since suffering the double fracture to his right leg. After a collision– AFP - 82 words
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Article62 2001-01-09 20 Wires MADRID Real Madrid posted their seventh straight Spanish league win by beating Alaves 3-1 over the weekend and moved close to leaders Valencia. Valencia managed a 1-0 home win over Racing Santander. Valencia have 35 points from 17 games, with Real well placed in second– Wires - 62 words
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Article, Illustration46 2001-01-09 20 Reuters DID you know that Manchester United goalkeeper Fabien Barthez made his Le Championnat debut in Sep 1991 for Toulouse, at the “late” age of 20? Man United goalkeeper Barthez made his debut for Toulouse in 1991 at the tender age of 20.Reuters - 46 words
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Article, Illustration503 2001-01-09 18 It’s true Clippers beat Lakers! Defending NBA champs tumble 118-95 Lat-wp LOS ANGELES Pigs didn’t fly, nor did hell freeze over. But the lowly Los Angeles Clippers did beat defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers, and it wasn’t even close. At the end of 16 consecutive defeats in a laughably– Lat-wp; AP - 503 words
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Article, Illustration399 2001-01-09 18 LUCKY TO GET IN AP MELBOURNE Steve Strieker needed a lot of help to win the Accenture Match Play Championship, but not from anyone he played. Three days before Christmas, Strieker was No 90 in the world rankings and preparing to start his season next– AP - 399 words
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Article153 2001-01-09 19 SPORTS isn’t just about TV. The Web provides the inside stuff on the games people play. Better still, it’s straight from the horse’s mouth. Starting today, Eyesport brings you the best of the Web’s sports action: THE MFL: New York Giants’ Michael Strahan discusses the153 words
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Article372 2001-01-09 19 Carl Skadian - Tough-talking Ravens put their money where their mouth is By Carl Skadian carl@sph.com.sg TALK is cheap, except when it comes to the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens, who’d been crowing all week about how they would kick the Tennessee Titans’ behind, backed up their trash-talking with their play. Trouble372 words
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Article188 2001-01-09 19 Wires BALTIMORE RAVERS 04-4) at OARLAMD RAIDERS (13-4) 4pm EST How they got here: Baltimore The Ravens dominated the Broncos, 21-3, in a wild-card round game, then upset the Tennessee Titans, 24-10, in a divisional playoff game. Oakland The Raiders easily disposed the Dolphins, 27-0, in– Wires - 188 words
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Article, Illustration220 2001-01-09 19 Wires MINNESOTA VIKINGS (12-5) at NEW YORK GIANTS (13-4) 12.30 pm EST How they got here: Minnesota The Vikings ended a three-game slide at the end of the regular season with a 34-16 victory over the Saints in the divisional playoffs. New York The Giants’ Ron– Wires; AFP - 220 words
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Article, Illustration465 2001-01-09 20 Luke Pachymuthu - Now it says it’ll try to bring Carlsberg-sponsored Liverpool to S’pore By Luke Pachymuthu luke@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE soccer fans might yet get a chance to watch Liverpool in action at the National Stadium. Football Association of Singapore’s (FAS) marketing communications manager Winston Lee revealed yesterday that FAS will465 words
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Extra TIME
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Article, Illustration479 2001-01-09 20 Zaki Amrullah - DAVID GINOLA By Zaki Amrullah zaki@sph.com.sg IT IS painful to watch David Ginola these days. Just years ago, he was a cult hero and every fan’s idol; today he is a shadow of his former self. Don’t get me wrong, though. He isAP - 479 words
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Unwind
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Fashion
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Article, Illustration1008 2001-01-09 21 A wardrobe is not quite complete without accessories, which have now made their way to fashions cutting edge. JUNE WAN (junewan@sph.com.sg) reports, T’S LIKE you gotta have it or you’ll die,” Tom Ford once said, stressing the importance of accessories. Nowhere in time has this dictum assumed such1,008 words
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Personal STYLE
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Article, Illustration722 2001-01-09 24 Pierre Png talks to RONALD RAJ AN (ronrajan@sph.com.sg) about biker chic beauty regimes and bell-bottoms. OCT0R Pierre Png is most familiar as Gurmit Singh’s yuppie brother on the TV sitcom Phua Chu Kang. Or you may have seen him as the clueless broker in Money. With722 words
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Wear & TEAR
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Article, Illustration97 2001-01-09 24 THE Brit royals aren’t a fuddy duddy bunch, and the late Princess Di wasn’t the only one in Buckingham Palace who knew fashion. After knighting British designer Paul Smith, Prince Charles enquired on the state of the fashion world, and said: “Tony Snowdon was in yesterday.”97 words
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Article60 2001-01-09 24 POUTY Laetitia Casta may do well to return to the catwalk. Critics have slammed the French model-turned-actress’ performance as a two-timing wife in Gypsy, alongside Naomi Campbell’s ex, Joaquin Cortez. According to Daily Variety, Casta’s lines are dubbed into a strong Andalusian accent, rendering her performance “almost unwatchable”.60 words
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Article57 2001-01-09 24 VALERIE Campbell, the fashion-designer mother of Naomi who debuted her label in London last year, has launched a new lingerie collection based on chocolates. The Galaxy Silk Lingerie Collection, launched with the Galaxy Silk Collection Chocolate Assortment, includes such items as the Smooth Hazelnut Praline Chemise and57 words
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Article104 2001-01-09 24 THE more they hit the big time, the worse they get. Staff at Christian Dior have been tolerating designer Hedi Slimane’s eccentricities, which included remodelling the office furniture so that no inventory barcodes were visible, to cutting all doorways so that they will be104 words
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Article82 2001-01-09 24 June Wan - June Wan THE prophets have seen and now they tell: 23 is this year’s most fashionable number. Believed to have special powers by the “mystic” Aleister Crowley and LSD fan Timothy Leary, 23 is also frequently involved in coincidence stories. Now there’s a website dedicated to these82 words
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Gender
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Article, Illustration1401 2001-01-09 22 – SALON. COM - SALON.COM Virginity is in, so concluded a recent US Federal study on teen vows to chastity. But JENNIFER FOOTE SWEENEY read the fine print and says the study is sexist, frightens teenagers into conformity and promotes risky sex. THERE it is: A 63-pagePaul Eric Roca - 1,401 words
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Gender BENDERS
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Article92 2001-01-09 23 MORE contraceptives are coming to a supermarket aisle near you. According to Men’s Health magazine, Canada is developing a colourless, odourless gel for women. This “invisible condom” prevents the transmission of STDs and will be available in about two years. The Scots, on the other hand, have92 words
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Article85 2001-01-09 23 YOU can either call it “performance anxiety” or “camera jitters”. Whatever it is, fault not the millions that thespians earn, because faking sexual action in front of the bright lights is no mean feat. “It’s hard to sit in your boxers and jerk off in front of85 words
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Article56 2001-01-09 23 EVER wondered why a woman gets tipsy faster than a man? It’s not because of her smaller size, that’s for sure. According to Men’s Health magazine, a man’s body has higher water content than a woman’s. And water dilutes alcohol, which means that men go down for56 words
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Article83 2001-01-09 23 Karl Ho - Karl Ho A MAN died of “autoerotic asphyxiation”, and his wife fought for the insurance policy in court. In an eyebrow-raising case before the German Federal Supreme Court, a widow failed to collect her husband’s insurance premium after he died while sexually stimulating himself. According to Reuters83 words
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Venus & MARS
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Article, Illustration641 2001-01-09 23 ct.ab a CHOW darac@sph.com.sg) takes issue with men who insist that women have no business swearing, unless engaged in acts of passion. ■HpH| Y FRIEND Y married a guy who 111 took offence if she f 1 so much as said “s**t”. Needless to say, the f-wordPaul Eric Roca - 641 words
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Article128 2001-01-09 27 Signs from around the world At a petrol station: We will sell petrol to anyone in a glass container. On the wall of an estate: Trespassers will be prosecuted to the foil extent of the law Sisters of Mercy. On an old dry-cleaners: 38 years on the128 words
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Miscellaneous490 2001-01-09 27 Movies Restraining Order 9 pm Cinemax 59 Julia Robert’s older brother Eric Roberts plays a hard-nosed lawyer, Robert Woodfield, who ends up an unwitting pawn in a game of intimidation when his client decides to lie to avoid a murder conviction. In his quest for the truth, Woodfield’s investigations lead490 words
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Miscellaneous40 2001-01-09 27 The 5 th Wave By Rich Tennant www.the5ttiwave.com 2001 Rich Tennant/Dist. by Universal Press Syndicate '1 t i M lU ,2 m O m -V s ,o t— OD VB sS} >- V-r 4* o r2 /T fc< *gs fi LU40 words
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The Bach Page
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Article, Illustration207 2001-01-09 28 TITANIC star Leonardo DiCaprio (right) may bid farewell to bachelorhood this summer and walk down the aisle with Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen Close friends of the couple said that the 25-year-old DiCaprio was “madly in love” and has proposed to the 20-year-old Bundchen. “He has really207 words
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Article, Illustration98 2001-01-09 28 EX-TAKE THAT boyband member Robbie Williams (above) has stayed off drugs for 30 days and he’s determined not to give up. In fact, he has even threatened to “sack” anyone who abuses drugs on his tour. At a recent Narcotics Anonymous meeting, the 26-year-old star announced that he98 words
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Article, Illustration186 2001-01-09 28 A STREAM of saucy e-mails and letters has been exchanged between Prince William (right), the heir to the British monarchy, and Vogue model Lauren Bush, the niece of US president-elect George WBnsh. It started when the 16-year-old blonde Bush one of America’s most186 words
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Making HEADLINES
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Article, Illustration96 2001-01-09 28 NOT many people say no to Sharon Stone (above). Stone is keen to star in the sequel to Basic Instinct but her co-star Michael Douglas has decided to give it a miss. Robert Downey Jr has also turned down the offer to play the role of a96 words
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Article139 2001-01-09 28 WHAT do you do in your free time? Well, every minute VIP star Pamela Anderson has to spare is spent rolling in the hay with her Swedish boyfriend Marcus Schenkenberg And the action gets so hot that those working with Anderson keep telling the 33-year-old hunk to139 words
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