Project Eyeball, 29 March 2001
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Title Section11 2001-03-29 1 projecteyeball. eyebalLasial-com.sg Mita (p) 105/03/2001 Thursday, March 29, 2001 80 CENTS11 words
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Advertisement420 2001-03-29 1 LIKE THAT, BOW CAN? Nina Ran applauds the Oscars for being waaa-aaay too long, because she gets to gossip over kueh. See Page 23 LIKE THAT, CAN Eugene Wee believes andropause is the best thing to happen for men since football and cordless power tools. See Page 14 LIKE THAT,420 words
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NEWS & VIEWS
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Article, Illustration106 2001-03-29 2 ROB a bank politely and unarmed, and you may be charged only for theft if you’re in lowa, that is. James Heard entered a convenience store with just a paperbag over his head and socks on his hands. After greeting the cashier with a “Happy Halloween” and asking softlyMik Zarzuela - 106 words
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Article, Illustration300 2001-03-29 2 NOT HDB UPGRADING THINK HDB upgrading will feature again as a big election plank for the People’s Action Party? Not likely, as the Prime Minister doesn’t think it will resonate with young Singaporeans or with overseas Singaporeans, who will get the chance to vote thisAFP - 300 words
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398 2001-03-29 2 Wong Sher Maine - Most were between 11 and 20 per cent By Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg WHILE technology stocks and dotcoms were spiralling downwards last year, IT professionals had a completely opposite fate. They were riding so high that they were, in fact, hopping around from job398 words
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Eyeball NEWS
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Article, Illustration154 2001-03-29 2 Wang Huifen A COMPETITOR in the London-to-Sydney air race had a lucky escape yesterday morning when a seal on one of the propeller shafts broke during a three-hour flight from Phuket. The twin-propeller craft was forced to complete its journey to Singapore on one engine.– Wang Huifen; Wang Huifen - 154 words
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95 2001-03-29 2 PARENTS seldom know what their kids are up to in school. Now they can, with Singapore’s first School Broadcast system. The system developed by Worldßemind (WR), a company that deals in SMS (short-messaging service) applications will kick off at Yishun Town Secondary. The95 words
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Article62 2001-03-29 2 THE blue Comfort cabs now have something in common with some Hong Kong coaches. Comfort Group has spent over $5 million to acquire a 25 per cent stake in Hong Kong coach operator Trans-Island Limousine Service. Announcing this yesterday, Comfort said that the partnership62 words
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Article, Illustration254 2001-03-29 3 WASHINGTON The Republican-led House of Representatives 1 looked set to endorse President George W Bush’s plan to provide US$l.6 trillion (552.86 trillion) in tax cuts over 10 years. aSewyork The United States used its veto power to kill a UN Security Council resolution that would have backed theBong Fortin - 254 words
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279 2001-03-29 3 Surgery an excuse to go abroad: PM AP KUALA LUMPUR Jailed former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim was trying to flee Malaysia by seeking spinal surgery overseas, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday. “If he goes, he will not return,”– AP - 279 words
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Article, Illustration44 2001-03-29 3 Israeli police examining the bodies of the victims of a suicide bomb at a petrol pump near the Israeli village of Sdeh Hemed, near the West Bank, yesterday. A Palestinian is suspected of setting off the explosion that killed two. APAP - 44 words
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Article166 2001-03-29 3 AFP WASHINGTON Taiwan may not get its coveted Aegis-class destroyers going by comments made by John Warner, the US Senate armed services committee chairman, and Admiral Dennis Blair, the com-mander-in-chief of the US Pacific Command. Discussing Taiwan’s arms purchase request, Warner referred to a– AFP - 166 words
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Eyeball FOCUS
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Article, Illustration1065 2001-03-29 4 Wong Sher Maine - Children as young as four face the pressures of homework, but parents are not complaining By Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg MARY ONG quit her job as a chemist two years ago to help her eldest son with his homework. He was neither in secondary norWong Kwai Chow - 1,065 words
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253 2001-03-29 4 CLEARLY, many parents don’t worry about giving young children too much or too difficult homework. After all, what’s a moment of pain in return for good grades and a lifetime of gain? But the pain may last longer than that. Said Dr Aline Wong, Senior253 words
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Singapore
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Article, Illustration803 2001-03-29 6 Sue-Ann Chia - PAC to also monitor the press By Sue-Ann Chia sueann@sph.com.sg WATCH out, media, the “sleeping” watchdog has awakened. Less than two weeks after the Singapore Media Watch Community was announced, the Government has tasked the Publications Advisory Committee (PAC) to monitor newspapers more closely. The Government’s803 words
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Article, Illustration361 2001-03-29 6 – Fiona Voon - Fiona Voon THE Media Watch Community is ill-timed and unneccessary, said Dr Ong Teck Chin, head of the Publications Advisory Committee (PAC). “I don’t think you need an independent body as far as we’re concerned because we’re very well represented, comprising people from all walks of life,” he361 words
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The World
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Article, Illustration825 2001-03-29 7 Gus Dur apologises but doesn’t admit any wrongdoing Wires JAKARTA Polite claps were-all that President Abdurrahman Wahid got for his apology. For the first time, the Indonesian President appeared to be contrite as he replied to Parliament’s censure motion yesterday. But if he had hoped for a– Wires; Reuters; Bong Fortin - 825 words
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Article, Illustration484 2001-03-29 8 Mori snubs Norwegian king’s banquet Wires TOKYO Oops, he did it again. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori earned the wrath of the domestic press yesterday by committing yet another gaffe. He skipped a banquet hosted by the visiting Norwegian king and queen in favour of– Wires; AP - 484 words
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Article, Illustration569 2001-03-29 8 ST BERNARDS NEING BRED FOR THEIR MEAT Reuters BEIJING The Chinese have taken a liking to a revered symbol of Switzerland, the Saint Bernard dog, but the Swiss are not flattered. Gentle giants famed for rescuing people in the Alpine snows of Europe, the– Reuters; AFP - 569 words
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Article, Illustration70 2001-03-29 9 Dr Benedict Tan from the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) checking the eyesight of Andarumin, 49, at a clinic in Pulau Bengkalis along the Straits of Malacca. The clinic was set up by the RSN and the Indonesian Navy to provide free medical services to the70 words
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Article, Illustration282 2001-03-29 9 DOCTORS BEG TO DIFFER LOS ANGELES Basketball players wearing expensive air-soled shoes are actually four times more susceptible to ankle injuries, a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine discovered. Air cells included in cross trainers like products under the Nike AirAFP - 282 words
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Article, Illustration467 2001-03-29 9 Dying man, moved by God and money, refuses to give up NYT HOUSTON Quart Graves is a corporate executive who doesn’t want to leave the rat race, even though he is slowly dying from a rare form of cancer. He had several tumours removed– NYT - 467 words
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Technology
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Article, Illustration215 2001-03-29 10 Vlsorphone A SNAP-ON gadget to the Handspring Visor handhelds to allow phone calls, the module comes with its own headset and rechargeable battery with a rated three-hour talk time. Unfortunately, it has yet to make its way ashore. The module, without a subscription line, isBong Fortin - 215 words
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Article, Illustration546 2001-03-29 10 Andrew Chin - Using the powerful, newly launched m105’s features is a snap even for first-time PDA users By Andrew Chin andrewc@sph.com.sg PALM’S mIOO series is targeted at newbies to the world of personal digital assistants (PDAs). Women and younger users may be drawn to its curves and multi-huedBong Fortin - 546 words
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Article, Illustration793 2001-03-29 11 Carl Skadian - Mac OS X can only get better By Carl Skadian carl@sph.com.sg LET’S say you’ve bought a brand-new TV that comes with all the latest bells and whistles, it works like a charm, and looks like a million bucks to boot. Problem793 words
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Business
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Article, Illustration52 2001-03-29 12 Thanks for your company it’s grrrreat Kellogg mascot Tony the Tiger celebrates the company’s acquisition of Keebler Foods, along with New York Stock Exchange chairman Richard Grasso (second from left), Kellogg chairman and CEO Carlos Gutierrez (second from right) and Keebler CEO Sam Reed (right), on the exchange’s bell podium52 words
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204 2001-03-29 12 – Gail Aw - SHAREHOLDERS GAIN Gail Aw SHAREHOLDERS of asset-based financing and venture capital firm Vickers Capital (Vic Cap) can look forward to hard cash in the coming days. Vickers Capital, a subsidiary of brokerage giant Vickers Balias Holdings, said yesterday that it was merging with Vertex Venture204 words
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Article514 2001-03-29 12 Nicholas Yong - But most firms agree it’s the way to go By Nicholas Yong nicyong@sph.com.sg IF THE truth be told, e-com-merce sucks. That’s the experience of half of Singapore’s 17,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that have an online transaction mechanism. These SMEs had, on average, raked514 words
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Business BUZZ
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Article96 2001-03-29 12 INTERNET company Lycos Asia yesterday announced a strategic partnership with Singapore financial portal Sharelnvestor.com to provide more comprehensive financial tools for the retail investor. The combined site will provide real-time streaming stock quotes, fundamental and corporate data, comparison and analysis charts, financial news and stock recommendations from96 words
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Article75 2001-03-29 12 SINGAPORE’S Straits Times Index fell 25.07 points to touch 1654.32, as Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing dropped on concerns that its earnings per share may be diluted after the world’s No 3 chipmaker sold $500 million of bonds convertible into stock. The scrip fell 6.9 per cent to $4.5675 words
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Article69 2001-03-29 12 THE Ministry of Trade and Industry yesterday announced the creation of an Energy Market Authority (EMA) of Singapore to regulate electricity, gas and cooling services. The creation of the new office follows the restructuring of the Public Utilities’ Board, which will now focus only on water services.69 words
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Article58 2001-03-29 12 DBS GROUP HOLDINGS said it is unlikely to embark on any merger or acquisition plans this year as it intends to strengthen its existing businesses, following last year’s acquisition of Kwong On Bank in Hong Kong. Vice-chairman and chief executive officer Philippe Paillart said the group would however,58 words
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Mailbox
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Eyeballing THE NET
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Article, Illustration716 2001-03-29 13 Toh Bee Ping - By Toh Bee Ping beeping@sph.com.sg EXPERTS are predicting that Chinese will become the lingua franca of the Internet in six years, as mul-ti-lingual websites become more popular. This trend was highlighted by experts at the Community Leaders Summit, hosted by the Infocomm Development AuthorityAP - 716 words
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E-Male ADDRESS
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Article, Illustration547 2001-03-29 14 Eugene Wee - By Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg FORGET what the geriatricians tell you about andropause. To me, it could be the best thing ever to happen to the human male since football and cordless power tools. In a recent Sunday Times report, geriatrician Dr Robert Tan spoke about andropause,Mik Zarzuela - 547 words
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Article167 2001-03-29 14 ONE expat can’t think of Singapore without thinking of “durian”. What object, for you, is quintessentially Singaporean? 30% HDB flats; for most of us box-home-in-the-sky. 30% Changi Airport; symbol of being No 1 and gateway to global vistas beyond. 16% The COE; embodiment of policies that167 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous24 2001-03-29 2 Qood morning! Showers in the morning mainly over southern, eastern and western Singapore. High: 33C 1 Low: 25C Tides: 1.15AM/2.8M 1.52PM/2.7M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin24 words
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Advertisement56 2001-03-29 4 S I don’t think you can find any parent who will mini it because homework isgueis’ Mary Ong who quit her job to supervise the homework of her son Yi Siang, in his second year of kindergarten Should children in kindergarten be given academic homework to prepare them for Primary56 words
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Advertisement147 2001-03-29 13 Found a site that looks interesting, but you have no idea what it says? Go to these translation sites for help (they’ll do it for free): World Lingo po http://worldlinKQ.com/ products services/world lingo translator.html Simply type in the foreign language site URL, select from nine languages which include Chinese, Japanese147 words
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Miscellaneous11 2001-03-29 14 m m VALID THRU 06/02 JOHN R BOFPLE y FRONT BACK11 words
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EyeSport
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Sport IN SHORT
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Article64 2001-03-29 15 Reuters MIAMI World number one Martina Hingis and third seed Venus Williams each put off-court distractions behind them to record impressive wins yesterday and set up a tantalising semi-final showdown at the Ericsson Open. Hingis, who has been subpoenaed to appear in a Florida court at the– Reuters - 64 words
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Article59 2001-03-29 15 Reuters BOGOTA Striker Juan Pablo Angel scored twice as Colombia celebrated Faustino Asprilla’s return to international football with a 2-0 World Cup qualifying win over Bolivia. Asprilla, back almost exactly one year after saying he never wanted to play for his country again, responded by creating the– Reuters - 59 words
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Article50 2001-03-29 15 Reuters LIMA Peru outclassed its old rival Chile to win their South American World Cup qualifier 3-1 despite missing a hatful of chances. Peru created more than 20 openings but their old failing in front of goal kept them waiting until the last 20 minutes for victory.– Reuters - 50 words
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Article34 2001-03-29 15 Reuters LONDON-The English Football Association (FA) has complained to Uefa that several black players in the England under-21 side suffered racial abuse during their TO win over Albania in Tirana on Tuesday.– Reuters - 34 words
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Article36 2001-03-29 15 Reuters MADRID Real Madrid has extended the contract of coach Vicente Del Bosque until June 2003. “The renewal reflects the total confidence that the club has in the coach,” sporting director Jorge Valdano said.– Reuters - 36 words
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Article, Illustration684 2001-03-29 15 Fails to help Beat beat Raptors, but says he’s taking one day at a time AFP MIAMI They said he’ll probably never be back, and that he’ll never be healthy enough to play in the National Basketball Association. But after sitting out five months with– AFP; AFP - 684 words
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Article, Illustration115 2001-03-29 15 ALONZO MOURNING (left) suffers from focal glomerulosclerosis, a disease particularly common to young African-Americans. It is caused by too much protein in the kidneys, but the disease’s origins are unknown. The medication Mourning takes is similar to that used by patients with high blood pressure Mourning’s ailment115 words
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Article267 2001-03-29 16 Southampton boss angered by sudden departure AFP LONDON Southampton chairman Rupert Lowe was left seething with anger yesterday after Glenn Hoddle abruptly quit the Saints to take over at Tottenham. Hoddle was confirmed as Spurs’ new boss after holding talks on Tuesday with officials from the– AFP - 267 words
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Article, Illustration268 2001-03-29 16 AFP HOBART Time machine lan Thorpe will be threatening the world record book for at least another six years, his coach Doug Frost warned yesterday. And it doesn’t look too difficult a feat, considering that Thorpe set his second world record in 24– AFP; Reuters - 268 words
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Article164 2001-03-29 16 NBA: Did Alonzo Mourning come back too soon? That’s what CNNSI.com wants to find out from their readers through a poll. If you have an opinion, make it count at http:// sportsillustrated. cnn.com/basketball/ BASEBALL: Are you one of the few people who hasn’t seen the video of a164 words
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Article, Illustration504 2001-03-29 16 BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX Reuters SAO PAULO While Michael Schumacher chases a magnificent seventh win in Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix, the same number means only misery for his Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello. Formula One world champion Schumacher has won the past six– Reuters; Reuters - 504 words
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Unwind
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Music
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Article, Illustration888 2001-03-29 17 Believe il or not Singapore is note producing its oien dance grooves. KARL HO (karli" sph.eom.sg) turns the spotlight on this emerging hired. WAVE of homegrown dance grooves is flooding record stores, all thanks to electronica producers. Beats craftsman Leonard Tan, a prominent dance music producerClarence Chan - 888 words
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Article, Illustration438 2001-03-29 18 Karl Ho WHAT goes best with a brooding indie movie consisting of orange-haired psychopaths, a woman OD-ing on hedonistic excess and sharp pencils? An equally cutting-edge soundtrack with sinister vocals, weird track names (Swishsaweetoon), and a trance sensibility. A Sharp Pencil, the electronica soundtrack for– Karl Ho - 438 words
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Movies
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Pick of the CLUBS
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Article76 2001-03-29 19 Nox 11 Mohamed Sultan Rd VISCOUS 111, the third instalment of the Fluid-Mix series of parties, will be on for technoheads again. Oscar Mulero (Madrid), the Techno Matador, and his sharp spin techniques will attest his standing as one of the most outstanding Spanish turntablers around,76 words
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Article230 2001-03-29 19 – Lim Hui Ling - Lim Hui Ling Papa Joe’s Grill Cantina Bar 180 Orchard Rd STUDIO 54, the hippest late-1970s New York club to see and be seen in, will be brought to our shores come tomorrow. Papa Joe’s will launch a naughty disco theme based on Studio 54 and transport you230 words
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Article, Illustration425 2001-03-29 19 USA Today It was Hollywood's biggest night. Hardly surprising then that there were parties galore to cater to the cast of hundreds. OR both P winners and losers, the Oscar high lingered at a round of Hollywood parties on Sunday night. At the Governors Ball at the– USA Today; Reuters; AFP; AP - 425 words
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Article, Illustration885 2001-03-29 20 USA Today They came, they sat, they conquered. So what’s in the script for major winners like Julia Roberts and Steven Soderbergh What will be the weight of the hefty statuette on their careers? CLAUDIA PUIG does the punting. SUPPORTING ACTOR Benicio Del Toro (Javier Rodriguez– USA Today - 885 words
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Cyber SNITCH
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102 2001-03-29 21 TO FIND out who made it to HoUywood.com’s sexiest stars list this year, log on to http://www.hollywood.com. It’s a must-see, with George Clooney, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt on the list; and it includes trivia like Sexiest Scene, Physical Feature We Love and Best102 words
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Article79 2001-03-29 21 AS STEVE MARTIN put it, Penelope Cruz thrilled us in Woman On Top. Now, she’s starring in Blow. Based on a true story about cocaine addiction in 1970 s America, Blow combines Cruz’s luscious looks and seductive accent with Johnny Depp’s portrayal of George Jung,79 words
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Article79 2001-03-29 21 TRIVIA turns you on? Then log on to the Urban Legends Reference Page at http:// www.snopes2.com/ movies/movies.htm it spills the beans on all those motion picture legends. Here, you can read stories about actors, films and miscellaneous stories about the movie industry. And there are guides to79 words
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Article36 2001-03-29 21 June Wan ‘For a country that invented the language I cant understand one r***gvordr An American mafia boss to a British earl about all the indecipherable Cockney and Irish accents in Snatch– June Wan - 36 words
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Article, Illustration463 2001-03-29 21 Reviews: Jeanmarie Tan 3,000 MILES TO GRACELAND (PG) Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, Courteney Cox TO GIVE you an idea of how misguided this piece of flashy filmic trash is, MTV-maven/writer/director Demian Lichtenstein opens with a computer-animated battle between two steely scorpions. It’s meant to set us up463 words
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Article, Illustration383 2001-03-29 21 Clara Chow BEFORE Kevin Costner started posturing in a rhinestone-studded leisure suit, he had been spiffy in a military uniform, gone tribal in Native American feathers and been clean-cut in baseball whites. The many faces of the man who rose in the 1980 s and– Clara Chow - 383 words
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Article, Illustration885 2001-03-29 22 15 MINUTES (PG) Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer IN HIS latest outing, writer-director John Herzfeld wields Andy Warhol’s over-quoted proclamation about transient media glory like a sledgehammer. And employing an extended music cue from the David Bowie song Fame, he bludgeons us repeatedly with unsubtle,885 words
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Article157 2001-03-29 22 – June Wan - June Wan HIS FATHER IN THE EXHAUST OF ENGINES Time: 1 min 15 secs http://www.bornmag.com/projects/hisfather A CINEMATIC elegy that combines poetry with multimedia. Fleeting sepia- and dullcoloured images fade in and out with alarming speed to provide a nostalgic background to the words of a poem, in which157 words
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Movies & Clubbing
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Article, Illustration739 2001-03-29 23 NINA KAN sat through the Oscars over tea and kueh, and suffered more than a sore bum. Q WATCHED the Oscar presentation ceremony on Monday, and I think Hollywood is just so obsessed with time. It seems that nobody ever gets enough. Especially AcademyMik Zarzuela - 739 words
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Article, Illustration521 2001-03-29 23 Lim Hui Ling - By Lim Hui Ling fun@eyeball.com.sg SHE’S blonde, buxomy and the sole female to perform at the Singapore Comedy Festival 2001. Karen Loftus, 36, will tickle the funny bone with a zany and at times bawdy routine called American Woman at Zouk. It’s not like she’s beenYen Meng Jiin - 521 words
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Advertisement20 2001-03-29 23 American Woman will be staged at Zoukfrom March 29 to 31, at 9 pm. Call Sistic at 348 5555f0r tickets.20 words
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Advertisement1029 2001-03-29 24 f got to be connected iDA SINGAPORE ecelebrationsingapore .com WWW mS 4 IT not just for English-educated Mr Ang, 40, once swore off the Internet. But now, thanks to the encouragement of his family, he is perfectly at home on the World Wide Web. “In the past I used to1,029 words
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