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...Nobody does taboo quite like Korean filmmakers. Kim Ki Duk's The Isle took sexual fetishism to new extremes: fishhooks became S&M tools. Park Chul Soo's feminist 301, 302 developed a friendship between a female anorexic and her overweight neighbor?only for the larger woman to eat the anorexic. Dogs, directed by first-time helmer Bong Joon Ho, takes on a lesser taboo in a manner reminiscent of another of this year's inspired works, Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amelie from Montmartre. Both Bong and Jeunet have an eye for eccentric detail, produce a bagful of tricks...
...saying they help develop guts and steely nerves. Once upon a time, archery was practiced in silence. Today, the athletes compete in international tournaments with boisterous crowds. Coaches also want to keep the athletes from getting soft. "They think they can be the best without hard training," says Kim Ki Chang, head of the Korean Archery Association. Even Chung Jae Hun, one of the suspended archers, feels Korea should stick with what works. Repentant, the Olympic silver medalist now regrets quitting the camp: "It was a spur of the moment decision. I wouldn't have done...
...EMMITT GUARANTEES JETS VICTORY IN SUPER BOWL With the second pick in the 1990 draft, the Jets selected Penn State running back Blair Thomas, whom Gang Green expected to follow Franco Harris and Curt Warner as a former Nittany Lion who became an NFL star. Thomas instead preceded Ki-Jana Carter and Curtis Enis as Penn State busts. At No. 17, the Cowboys drafted Florida running back Emmitt Smith, who now owns three Super Bowl rings...
...DIED. KIM KI-CHANG, 86, one of South Korea's leading modernist painters; in Seoul. Kim expired two months after meeting with his younger brother, a celebrated artist in North Korea, for the first time in 50 years during the family reunions that followed the inter-Korean summit in June...
...last year. He put up solid wins at the end of the year, mostly at No. 5 singles, winning all of his matches versus Ivy opponents. Swart and Snyder mainly played doubles last year, but most likely will see more singles play this year. Sophomores Oli Choo and Ki-teh Kim also return...