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...Hollywood pulse; some films can be contemplative and complex. Besides, Americans have also proved indifferent to the vital, popular film industry in India, with its delirious musical melodramas, and in Hong Kong, whose films have enough violent action to put Arnold and Sly out of business. Exoticism, artistry, hurtling pace--these movies have it all. Yet they remain the province of Indian and Chinese emigres and of the cultists who haunt downtown or mail-order video outlets. The one exception, Jackie Chan, was a huge Asian star a dozen years before his first Hong Kong film got a U.S. release...
...Manager Union of Concerned Scientists Washington The U.S. has been hit on two fronts - devastating hurricanes and ballooning prices at the gas pump. What appears to be an incurable addiction to automobiles resulted in scenes of cars frozen in gridlock or moving in endless lines at a snail's pace, as residents of Houston fled Hurricane Rita. This could well be what regular rush-hour traffic will look like a decade from now as we continue to build more cars than mass-transit vehicles and more highways than mass-transit infrastructure. The Bush Administration seems to be in denial about...
...process has to be one that’s not drawn out over too many months or years,” Gadgil says. “Moving along the calendar at a pace that doesn’t obstruct the formation of this center on campus is something that’s really important...
Well, it seems that the universe is not going to end in a big collapse, but expand at a greater and greater pace so it really won’t end with a bang, it will end with a whimper...
...employers, don't completely trust them; they may feel vulnerable negotiating one on one with a clever boss or a manager who's the servant of a powerful corporation. Whether or not they belong to a union, workers have traditionally had the protection of award minimum wages that keep pace with national prosperity. So the support for the current system comes from a deep sense of fairness towards the industrially weak, low-paid young people and those who have rotten luck at work...