Word: kicking
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When the deal was finally completed last October, the big details--like the amount of money Harvard would kick in for Radcliffe's endowment--were in place and in writing...
...Rush Hour, can click with urban moviegoers if he is paired with black actors and backed by an assaultive hip-hop score. As Han, scion of a Chinese family at war with a black clan in San Francisco, Li must juggle ethnic rivalries and ethical responsibilities--in other words, kick everybody's ass, without regard to race or kinship. Han's only ally is the black kingmaker's daughter Trish O'Day (R.-and-B. thrush Aaliyah), in a romance so tepid it is consummated with a hug. But our hero is at his combative best...
...world audience some of the moves that brought him to Hollywood. He hangs by one foot from a rope in a Hong Kong prison cell, and presto, four guards are zapped in- to electric skeletons. He twirls a water hose to subdue some villains, spins in the air to kick five guys at once, strips the belt off one oaf and hog-ties him with it, and goes spectacularly hand-to-hand with Asian-American lookers Russell Wong and Francoise Yip. In the battle with Yip, Li uses Aaliyah as a human nunchaku. "I rehearsed for that scene with Corey...
DIED. CARLO PAROLA, 79, Italian soccer star who gained international fame for the acrobatic bicycle kick he popularized in the 1940s; in Turin, Italy...
...center will also invite world leaders to campus, starting with a conference of former prime ministers in May. Heifetz said the conference was the first of "multiple kick-off events" that will continue through the fall...