Project Eyeball, 16 January 2001

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  • Title Section
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    11 1 projecteyeball eyeball.asial.com.sg Mita (p) 077/02/2000 Tuesday, January 16, 2001 80 CENTS
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      724 1 I’M A TOYBOY Karl Ho comes out: He can’t live without his action figurines. “I quiver when my fingers run along the soft military fatigues of my 30-cm Swat team figures.” See Page 23 Looking at the world through coloured glasses is not naivete but fashion savvy. See Pages 24
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  • NEWS & VIEWS
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      Lock icon QUICKIE
      108 2 YOU just lost the chance to see the first Prime Minister in the world climb Mount Everest. New Zealand’s gung-ho PM Helen Clark has given up hopes of scaling the Nepal peak after she quit her conquest of Argentina’s 6,960-m Mt Aconcagua. Clark, 50, and husband Peter Davis climbed
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    • Article
      Lock icon WE BOO-BOOED
      62 2 IN OUR story, headlined “Copycat site could be sued”, on Jan 10, we said that Video-Pro had returned the .sg site to HardwareZone.com and paid it $lO,OOO as compensation for allegedly pilfering its Internet address by adding .sg to its domain name, http:// www.hardwarezone.com. The $lO,OOO was actually
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    • Article
      Lock icon Defence executive sounds better
      394 2  -  Name change and better job terms for Nusaf staff to reduce attrition By G Sivakkumaran gsiva@sph.com.sg THEY are no longer the staidsounding non-uniformed SAF (Nusaf) personnel. They are, if you prefer, Defence Executive Officers (DXO). And with the name-change comes new benefits and incentives to combat
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    • Eyeball NEWS
      • Article
        Lock icon Uni and poly tuition fees upped
        122 2 AFTER a two-year freeze during the economic crisis, tuition fees for university and polytechnic courses will go up when the new academic year begins in July. All of Singapore’s universities and polytechnics will raise their fees between $l5O and $1,050 a year. A joint
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        Lock icon Yap impressed by surfers’ ideas
        277 2 IF THE Government wants to reach out to young people, it’s got to do things their way. So remarked Marine Parade Mayor Eugene Yap, 57, after a live webchat on Project Eyeball last night in which he did just that. Even he was surprised by
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        Lock icon Buy online, pay on Sing Net bill
        53 2 FANCY making an online purchase without using your credit card? With EzPurchase, a newly-launched joint venture between sing Net and TrivNet, you can. Using EzPurchase, Sing Net. customers will be able to buy products at certain sites and charge them to their monthly
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      • Article
        Lock icon THE PRICE OF EDUCATION
        118 2 Tuition fees for university courses UNDERGRADUATE Existing fees Increase by •All courses (except medical and dental) Medical/dental $5,500 $15,450 $150 per year $750-950 per year POSTGRADUATE (Foil-time by research) •All courses (except medical/dental) Medical/dental $2,800 $3,600 $350 per year $800 per year POSTGRADUATE (Foil-time by coursework)*
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      Lock icon World Watch
      242 3 LISBON Socialist President Jorge Sampaio was elected to a second five-year term, although low turnout cast a pall over his apparent victory. SAN SALVADOR Amid fading hopes, rescuers continued to dig for survivors of Sunday’s massive 7.6 magnitude earthquake which has left 403 dead, 1,100 injured and over
      Bong Fortin  -  242 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Girl in pain over hardening breast implants
      303 3 She can’t afford to have them removed LONDON An 18-year-old student who lied about her age to have a breast enlargement operation at 16 has re-sparked concerns in Britain over young girls having implants. Carrianne Gill’s case, which was reported in The Sun
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      Lock icon Students locked out
      56 3 Children protesting yesterday outside the Petaling Jaya Damansara National Chinese Primary School, which was closed by the authorities on Saturday. Residents say a tycoon, who owns nearby property, wants to expand his horizons; also, the authorities are retaliating to the Chinese community’s resistance to plans to merge
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      Lock icon Toddler’s killers may lose parole
      325 3 LONDON The mother of James Bulger, the British toddler who was brutally murdered by two boys in 1993, is considering legal action to halt the release of her son’s killers after it emerged that one of them tried to strangle a fellow inmate with electrical
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    • Eyeball FOCUS
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        Lock icon Slimming can’t be that easy
        1139 4  -  Case and SMA to study weight-loss centres’ad claims By Eugene Wee eugene@sph.com.sg THE next time you see a poster that says, “Lose up to 20 inches in your first session”, don’t jump out of your skin. What that ad won’t tell you is this: The
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    • Singapore
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        Lock icon No barbs this time, just a lot of praise
        652 5  -  Cordial Gus Dur looks forward to ‘further co-operation’ with Singapore By Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg SEVEN weeks after calling Singapore a greedy state whose water supply should be cut off to “teach it a lesson”, Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid seems to have
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        Lock icon Allegations on Civil Service ‘not supported by facts’
        381 5 GOVT ANSWERS N.S.P. SOME of the allegations in an article on the Civil Service published in the National Solidarity Party (NSP) book, Publish And Perish, “are not supported by facts” and do not present “the whole truth”. This was the response of
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        Lock icon Long queue at the ATM? Try the supermarket
        1000 6  -  Consumers and retailers welcome concept of ‘cash bach’ service By Leong Pik Yin pikyin@sph.com.sg CONSUMERS are ecstatic about the “cash back” service, which allows them to shop and at the same time withdraw cash. And Isetan may be the first store to
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    • Health
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        Lock icon Super drug for super bugs
        787 7  -  But Zyvox’s efficacy only temporary as resistance will develop in time By Denyse Yeo denyse@sph.com.sg THERE’S a new superdrug in town to fight hospital infections resistant to conventional antibiotics Zyvox. Touted as the first in a new family of antibiotics, it is also the first
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      • Stork OPTIONS
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          Lock icon Did IVF cause miscarriage?
          367 7 This weekly column features readers’ queries, answered by fertility expert Dr Christopher Chen. DEAR DR CHEN: I understand that IVF (in-vitro fertilisation) with fresh embryos has the highest chance of success. However, I was not successful in June last year. I stopped fertility treatment after that,
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    • The World
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        Lock icon Gus Dur defiant as street protests fizzle out
        484 9 PROBE INTO SCANDALS Wires JAKARTA The tense 10 million people of Jakarta breathed a sigh of relief after the spectre of violent street demonstrations faded and the city remained quiet yesterday. But political tension ratchetted up as President Abdurrahman Wahid set the
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        Lock icon Ex-generals named in Xmas bombings
        431 9 Police will investigate ‘and detain people if there’s proof’ Wires INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid says two ex-Army generals have been named in a police report on the “Bloody Christmas” Dec 24 bombings. In an interview with Newsweek magazine, Gus Dur identified former Major General Prabowo
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        Lock icon Cops hit wall in bunker search for Tommy
        265 9 Wires JAKARTA Just where is Tommy Suharto? At the house of an ex-general, according to President Abdurrahman Wahid. In an underground bunker under the posh residence of the Suhartos, say the police. The contradiction became apparent after the President recently told Newsweek:
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        Lock icon Anti-Estrada witnesses flee amid death threats
        307 10 Alleged mistress also takes flight after being summoned before trial AFP MANILA At least three key witnesses who had testified against impeached Philippine President Joseph Estrada have fled abroad after facing death threats. Among them are former Finance Secretary Edgardo Espiritu and senior bank
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        Lock icon President on trial
        387 10 Qetting confused over soap-like twists and turns of Philippine President Joseph Estrada's impeachment trial? Here are the principal accusations made against him. 1 Prosecution witness Emma Lim testified she personally delivered 5 million pesos (S$173,000! of “jueteng” money to President Estrada’s office last year. Lim, an employee
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    • Technology
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        Lock icon Bangkok to Singapore – on one tank
        285 11 Bangkok to Singapore on one tank On the 2,000 km drive from Bangkok to Singapore, the Insight will burn about 46 l of fuel. 1 his means one refuelling stop for its 401 tank, compared with three or four for a normal car. There's no need to plug in the
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        Lock icon Green car will cost $154,000
        416 11  -  High price but Honda Insight will save fuel By Steve Ng stevenng@sph.com.sg Motorists who can spare more r han just a thought for the environment, take note. The Honda Insight, a one-litre, two-seater hybrid car, will be Munched here in April. The price? An estimated
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        Lock icon Concept cars roll out
        347 12 Auto makers target young buyers DETROIT The recent North American International Auto Show in Detroit showcased new Japanese models that may soon find their way to Singapore showrooms. Mazda introduced the RX-8 four-door sports car powered by a 250-hp Renesis engine. Mark Fields, president of Mazda’s
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        Lock icon Phones . may prove distracting to drivers
        274 12 Phones may prove distracting to drivers FORD STUDY AP DETROIT Ford Motor Co has built a simulator to study how drivers can get distracted by cellphones and other gadgets. The problem is a major concern for an industry hot on selling in-car Internet access and other similar services. Ford said
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    • Business
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        Lock icon Curbs on business parks relaxed
        383 13  -  URA to permit more cafes, shops By Nicholas Yong nicyong@sph.com.sg WHO said doing business has got to be a boring affair? Chill out, folks, you needn’t break into a sweat thinking about transacting deals at business parks. Not any longer. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)
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        Lock icon Expats pay lower rents
        313 13  -  Nicholas Yong EXPATS who have just moved to Singapore or those who have recently renewed their lease should count themselves lucky: Accommodation costs for expatriates have plunged, according to the Expatriate Consumer Price Index (ECPI). Published and compiled jointly by the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce
        Bong Fortin  -  313 words
    • Mailbox
      • Expat EYE
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          Lock icon Finding my religion
          754 14 Along with bags of memorabilia, what else will one take home from S’pore? BHAGYASHREE GARJRKAR (bhagya@sph.com.sg) suggests: Tao THE story begins in the summer of 1989 when an earnest young student stares in wonder rather disbelief at her grades in an undergraduate business management paper. She has
          From The Tao Of Power by RL Wing  -  754 words
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          Lock icon Zen and the art of cross-culture training
          475 14 JUST as athletes benefit from cross-training, a little cross-cultural training can do wonders for your grey cells and make life a little more interesting. You’ve surely read reports that Singapore is the world’s most globalised nation (and you’re the living proof of that).
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        Lock icon Explain to them the meaning of our anthem
        882 16 ‘Sing it well, or else sing it again* (Jan 12) “IF YOU don’t even sing it, you are not a loyal citizen,” says Tan Tiek Wee, principal of Anderson Junior College. Is it a sin if Singaporean students can’t sing the national
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      50 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 *****7
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      27 2 Qood morning! Showers with thunder are expected in the afternoon and early evening over many areas. High: 32C 1 Low: 23C Tides: 4.20AM/2.6M 3.58PM/2.7M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin
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      55 4 DO YOU think that slimming advertisements aren’t telling us the whole truth? Should the Ministry of Health step in to keep them in line? Give us your opinion on slimming centres at http://eyebalLasial.com.sg You can also read more about slimming-centre treatments like body wraps and how machines that break down
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      37 7 Got a question on fertility that you would like Dr Christopher Chen to answer? Send them in to http^/eyebalLasiaLcom.sg. You can also snail-mail them to Project Eyeball, Stork Options, News Centre, Level 6,82 Genting Lane Singapore *****7.
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      51 8 smins’ ■>; V-' I l Sl;j@Sft>i “NS H Ml Unrest in Maluku? Mystery blast in Siberia? You'll read about them in our World and Asia pages. Edited by Felix Soh, for whom no place on Earth is too far. In two of our five handy sections. MyStraitsTimes Call 388 3838
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      33 9 http://www.msnbc.com/news/NW-NI Front.asp Read Gus Dur’s interview with Newsweek. http://www.indonesian-observer.com/ story.asp?libld=2l347 Gus Dur will meet the opposition head on, and out-fox it: A comment. http://www.indonesian-observer.com/ story.asp?libld=2l346 Tommy Suharto’s escape would make a thrilling movie.
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      80 11 Vincent Ng, product manager for Kah Motor, Honda’s local distributor, admits the Insight might only interest the rich, those who crave new high-tech products, or the extremely environmentallyconscious in Singapore, as its price-tag is hefty. What do you think? Are you impressed with the Insight’s trek from Bangkok to Singapore?
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    • Miscellaneous
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      57 12 HELEN, SWEETHEART OF THE INTERNET I WOULt? TELL My REAPERS youfce something of a £ONFLi£TEP PERSONALITY, HELEN. WELL, FOR ONE THING yOU ENTEREC7 tA.IT. AT AGE 14, CORRECT? TO STUPy QUANTUM MEOHANIOS ANP FIELP THEORy... wny? ANP you LEFT SIX MONTHS LATER BECAUSE THEy PIPNT HAVE A CHEORLEAPING SOUASPI yes
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      71 13 For more on the URA’s new guidelines on business parks, log on to: http://www.ura. gov.sg/corporate/ pr main.html Details of “Business Parks White” zone and development control guidelines. http://www.ascendas. com/property SinOl. shtml Details and pictures of the Singapore Science Park. http://www.ascendas. com/property SinOO. shtml A list of business parks in Singapore
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      179 15 -i m. A V Win a Chubby Choice 6-in-1 baby cot worth $999.90 (Comprises a diaper changing table, playpen, bedside chest, juvenile single bed, an infant cot and beddings drawers.) 3 MW* Just send us a non-returnable photograph of your baby (below 1 year old) and a birth announcement message
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  • EyeSport
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      Lock icon Opening shebang
      637 17 The first Qrand Slam of the year, the Australian Open, started dishing out the aces yesterday. &dam Hashidy (hashidy@sph.com.sg) selects the highs and lows of the action on Day i. MATCH OF THE DAT EVERYONE’S wishing that former teenage prodigy Jennifer Capriati’s roller-coaster tennis care er is now
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      Lock icon Sports CLICKERS
      237 17 NTL: Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens is probably the NFL’s story of the season. Just a year ago, he was facing a murder rap, which everyone thought was a sure conviction. But he beat it. On Sunday, he helped the Ravens close down the Oakland Raiders offence
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    • Sport IN SHORT
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        Lock icon Grand Prix Beirut?
        98 17 BEIRUT FI supremo Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed that he has been in talks with Rafik Hariri, the Prime Minister of Lebanon, about staging a Grand Prix here. Ecclestone said that he has also considered Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. Hence, if contractual problems are encountered in
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      • Article
        Lock icon Hewitt wears Nike
        70 17 Reuters MELBOURNE Australian teen star Lleyton Hewitt signed the richest sponsorship deal in men’s tennis last year to wear only Nike tennis gear for five years, The Age newspaper said yesterday. The newspaper said industry sources estimated the deal to be worth as much as US$l5 million
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        Lock icon Furyk makes it
        87 17 Reuters KAPALUA (Hawaii) Jim Furyk birdied his last hole and won the US$3.5-million T golf Mercedes Championship when South African Rory Sabbatini missed a three-foot putt at his final hole on Sunday. Furyk, who barely practised all week because of a lingering wrist injury that kept him
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        Lock icon DID YOU KNOW?
        38 17 THE longest singles match in the Australian Open occurred in 1991 when Boris Becker defeated Omar Camporese in the third round (7-6,7-6,0-6,4-6, 14-12). The German took five hours and 11 minutes to accomplish the task.
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        Lock icon Cruyff’s blessings
        48 18 Reuters LONDON Dutch legend Johan Cruyff is backing David Beckham to be a big success on the Continent if he ever decides to leave Manchester United. "If the club that signs him uses him as he’s used in England, his success is virtually assured,” said Cruyff.
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        Lock icon Figo strikes
        63 18 Reuters MADRID Luis Figo celebrated his European Player of the Year award with a goal that set Real Madrid on the way to a 4-0 victory over Real Oviedo on Sunday, taking the European champions three points clear at the top of the Spanish league. Figo celebrated his
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      • Article
        Lock icon AS Roma held
        59 18 Reuters ROME Roma needed a late penalty from captain Francesco Totti to salvage a 1-1 home draw against bottom club Bari on Sunday and saw their lead at the top of the Italian first division cut to six points. The shock result gave hope to second-placed Juventus,
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      • Article
        Lock icon Start with a bang
        34 18 AP MEXICO CITY-“Bam Bam” entered with a bang. Ivan “Bam Bam” Zamorano made his debut for Mexico’s America club on Sunday, scoring three goals in a 5-1 rout of Santos.
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      • Article
        Lock icon SPORTSTALK
        34 18 “MENTALLY I’m very fresh. I had some time to chill. I’ve been keeping a lot of time indoors, as newlyweds do,” said tennis star Pete Sampras on his preparation for the Australian Open.
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        Lock icon Broncos eye Rhodes
        98 19 AP DENVER The Denver Broncos will be talking to Ray Rhodes about becoming defensive coordinator. The Washington Redskins, for whom Rhodes performed that duty this year, cleared him on Thursday to talk to the Broncos. Broncos’ defensive coordinator Greg Robinson was fired after six seasons, because Denver
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        Lock icon Dillon a free agent
        99 19 AP CINCINNATI Running back Corey Dillon plans to become a free agent on March 2, regardless of whatever contract the Cincinnati Bengals may offer him. “I think I owe it to myself to test the market regardless of anything else,” Dillon told The Cincinnati Post in
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        Lock icon DID YOU SHOW?
        68 19 THE Giants are 7-2 in the playoffs at Giants Stadium, and have scored in all nine games, with a 66-3 advantage in the first quarter. Since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, the Giants are also the only NFC team to play in more than one conference championship game
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      Lock icon POWER RANKINGS
      737 18 English Premier League It was goals galore last weekend as the big teams went on a rampage and crushed their less illustrious opponents. ADAM HASHIDY (hashidy@sph.com.sg) brings you the weekly Eye Sport English Premier League Power Rankings. Player of the Week: Marcus Stewart (right) has been nonchalantly banging
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      Lock icon And on to Zzzzuper Bowl
      990 19  -  Ravens meet Giants after trouncing Raiders wake us up when it’s over By Bill Plaschke Wires “DEAL with it, America.” Quoth the Raven, Patrick Johnson. “All I can say is, we’re going to the Super Bowl, and you don’t have to like it.” x Quoth
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  • Unwind
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      Lock icon Private musings
      838 20 The Vagina Monologues, a series of stories in which women talk about their secret parts and thus examine different facets of the feminine experience, has made it to Singapore. TAN DAWN WEE (dawntan@sph.com.sg) finds out what the first-night audience thought of this unusual play. OT that we haven’t
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    • Theatre
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        Lock icon A WOMAN’S VIEW
        582 21  -  Tan Dawn Wei “NO ONE woman or man will ever look at the world the same way again”, the brochure for The Vagina Monologues had promised. One and a half hours later, I came out of the theatre feeling not shocked and disturbed but happy and sexy,
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      • Article
        Lock icon A MAN’S VIEW
        554 21  -  Karl Ho BOX OFFICE The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler is on at Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel, until tomorrow. Showtime is 7 pm. Tickets are $45 and $38 and available at all Sistic counters. For more information, call 874-2498. JUST get used to the “V” word overkill,
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    • Gender
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        Lock icon Tell Mel what you really want
        840 22 Reuters In What Women Want, Mel Qibson starts innocently enough trying out feminine products. But he ends up with a special ability to read other womens minds. What does he hear? COULD it be that Mel Gibson, box-office magnet with testosterone-charged films like Lethal
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      • Venus & MARS
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          Lock icon ‘I’m a toyboy’
          777 23 Toys, toys, toys he's looking for a good time. KARL HO (karl@sph.com.sg) loves his world of dolls and how they help him regain his boyhood innocence. He reveals why he cares so deeply about his playthings. RECENTLY shelled out $500 for some dolls. They’re not just any
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      • Gender BENDERS
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          Lock icon Shed a tear to check for breast cancer
          67 23 THE next time anyone wants to check for breast or prostate cancer, shed a tear. Researchers at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, have found a protein, Lg, that is only present in the tears of people with breast or prostate
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          Lock icon Penis power vying for world record
          187 23  -  Karl Ho A GROUP of Taiwanese men have found another use for their penis besides peeing and sex. They plan to set a world record by pulling a 400-seat 747 Boeing jet with their, ahem, appendages. “We will send about 200 men, their ages
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    • Fashion
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        Lock icon Colour in shades
        549 24 Looking at the world through rose- or mint- or aquamarine-coloured glasses these days is not naivete but fashion savvy. JUNE WAN (junewan@sph.com.sg) checks out the latest accessory. UNGLASSES Sused to turn the world into shades of black and white. But slip on a pair from the spring/summer
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        Lock icon Making diamonds a girt’s best buy
        819 25 Making diamonds a girt’ s best buy Ap/Iht Nearly 50 years after Marilyn Monroe dubbed diamonds ‘a girts best friend’, the icy gems are about to be launched as fashions latest must-have accessory. SUZY MENKES reports on a new merger between De Beers and LVMH. ARIS A revolution in the
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      • Simply ESSENTIAL
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          Lock icon The colours of Vuitton
          103 25 DESIGNERS may be experiencing a sudden case of acronym fever, but none so severe as Louis Vuitton designer Marc Jacobs, whose Spring/Summer 2001 accessories range must have been inspired by a kindergarten child gone beserk in paint class. Less flamboyant followers will be relieved to know
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          Lock icon Teutonic beauty
          73 25 DR HAUSCHKA, an organic makeup and skincare range from Germany and touted as “the new Birkenstock of beauty products”, has Hollywood smitten. Celebs like Madonna, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts and Cate Blanchett swear by the organic and holistic range, which prompts skin to overcome its own weaknesses like
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          Lock icon No ballpoint for me
          104 25 THE piebs wouldn’t bother, but highly discerning travellers would rather draw blood than use any old ballpoint pen to fill in their trip documents. For these writing connoisseurs, the Montblanc shop at Changi Airport’s Terminal Two departure/transit lounge must surely be a dream conic true. The
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          Lock icon Skincare Down Under
          101 25  -  June Wan SOME people prefer to wing away on a prayer, but if you’re planning to head south for a beauty break and don’t fancy fuss-free camping under Ayers Rock, read this book. Australian Spas And Retreats lists the country’s top spas, treatment how-tos, and spa recipes
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      • Wear & TEAR
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          Lock icon Gutsy belle
          70 26 DESIGNER Betsey Johnson has been named one of 2000’s Gutsiest Women by Jane magazine because she sent ex-Playboy playmates, instead of skinny models, down the catwalk at New York Fashion Week last September. The January/February issue of the magazine said: “It was refreshing to see soft thighs, a
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          76 26 FASHION and cars just can’t get enough of each other. Now designers will be using car parts to create wearable fashions thanks to Ford Motor Company’s Ford Focus. Ten new designers, including Tracy Feith, Alexandra Lind, Pixie Yates and Keni Valenti, will create more than 40 apparel designs
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          Lock icon Shimada’s new faces
          89 26 TOKYO-BASED fashion firm Junko Shimada has employed rising Parisian star designers Alexandre Morgado and Matthieu Bureau the duo behind the Alexandre Matthieu label to design for the house. The star will start with the fall/winter 2001 collection, which will be shown on Paris catwalks in March. According
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          Lock icon Claudia in your palm
          64 26  -  June Wan IT’S the next best thing: A Claudia Schiffer Palm V. On h t tp://w ww. C1 aud ia Schiffer.com, surfers can buy the Palm Vx Claudia Schiffer edition, a 100 g, aqua metallic blue version of the handheld computer. Apart from selecting the colour
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      121 27 You re smoking too much when... Your girlfriend has cigarette burns round her mouth. Your lighter is plugged directly into a gas main. Your neighbours take in their washing when you sit out in your garden. You were surprised to find out that a Camel was also
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      477 27 Movies One From The Heart 3 pm Star Movies 58 A romantic comedy and musical fantasy rolled into one. Set amid the neon glitter of Las Vegas on a Fourth of July weekend, the story concerns two ordinary people, Franny and Hank, whose lives are devoid of romance Teri Garr
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      173 28 STRUTTING about in lingerie is a lot easier than kissing your co-star. Especially when she is female, as supermodel Elle Macpherson (right) found out. She had to kiss her lesbian lover, played by Kate Capshaw, in the flick A Girl Thing. “I’m self-conscious, so it was
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      99 28 MEG RYAN'S demands might have been one reason why Russell Crowe decided to split. The 39-year-old actress (above) who has an eight-year-old son from her previous marriage to Dennis Qnaid had apparently demanded a marriage and a baby, reported IMDB.com And this probably gave the Australian actor
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      95 28 RETIRED German tennis star Boris Becker and his wife have reached an out-of-court settlement of their divorce case. They reached a settlement and resolved all issues, Becker’s attorney Robert Kohlman said on Sunday. The settlement came before the Beckers were to be officially divorced in a court
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      112 28 FATBOY SLIM (right) was snubbed by Manchester United players at his own party. The chart-topper apparently agreed to requests by Man U players to attend his post-gig bash at Dublin recently. However, when the 37-year-old Fatboy whose real name is Norman Cook met them and asked
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      39 28 SINGER Kylie Minogue (above) has a 10-minute cameo appearance as a helpless murder victim in new Aussie film Cut, reported BBC Online. She plays a student director whose boyfriend cuts her tongue out and kills her.
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        81 28 FORMER rapper Mark Wahlberg will play the male lead made popular by Cary Grant in the classic Charade. The story of a Parisienne who finds her husband murdered also starred Audrey Hepburn; but this time round, it would be Thandie Newton of the Mission: Impossible 2
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        147 28 ANTHONY HOPKINS and Chris Rock in the same movie? You bet. The two actors would be meeting in Black Sheep. Hopkins will be playing a veteran CIA agent heading an operation that involves Rock’s twin brother. The movie, to be produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, has yet to have a
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