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...Park's bearish predictions came true, but many resonated enough that the government reportedly started to fear an insider might be unloading. Foreign exchange players scrutinized Minerva's postings as did government officials trying to guess his identity. At times, Minerva characterized himself as a financial superstar and was so persuasive that Koreans were certain they weren't just following any cybergoon. Minerva also had a growing online audience increasingly skeptical of traditional media and gravitating more and more to the web for scholarship and opinions, especially dissenting viewpoints...
...star was one of the first Chinese celebrities to achieve an international following, putting Hong Kong's film industry on the map in the early 1970s with kung fu classics like Fist of Fury and Way of the Dragon. His grace, brashness and fame gave Hong Kong residents a superstar who was one of their...
...subjects are beneath the notice of a Congressional resolution. Soil, for instance, might be celebrated, as it was in 2008. Or watermelon. Athletes are popular, too. Nothing pleases constituents quite like Congressmen and Senators giving agreeable shout-outs to local sports heroes. Last year, the 110th Congress praised superstar Olympian Michael Phelps; it also celebrated Wichita State University's championship women's bowling team. Legislators, it seems, aren't very picky. Unless of course they are passing actual laws...
...most of the gentle-giant charisma of the character (voiced by Mike Myers) onscreen. His hilariously hyperactive donkey buddy is a big comedown when it's just a guy in a donkey suit - despite Daniel Breaker's good impersonation of Eddie Murphy's terrific performance. Sutton Foster, a Broadway superstar slumming here as Princess Fiona, is fine, but overall the production, directed by Jason Moore (Avenue Q), is surprisingly ordinary: the gigantic, eye-batting dragon, for example, looks as if it could have been put together by a hardworking community children's theater group...
Chetty has spent the past five years teaching at the University of California, Berkeley and was offered tenure at Harvard last year, at the age of 28, the same age as department superstar Lawrence H. Summers. Chetty, however, did not accept the University’s offer until last week...