Word: powers
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...with pop quizzes every moment. How apt, then, that the theme of Crouching Tiger should be teaching. In this war of the generations, the adults are as eager to instruct the young as the kids are to rebel against authority. In life as in martial arts, knowledge is power. And only the most powerful, like Chow's Mubai, can share it. He hopes to share it with Jen. Teaching this bright, willful girl is as close as he will come to fatherhood--even if the job carries fatal risks...
Rodriguez lent me the thing, which is roughly the size of a paperback novel. It has a short, ugly black antenna that screws on. For power, you can plug it into the wall or use a battery pack. It's simple to operate: you flip a switch, and the appliance does its thing, obliterating cellular transmissions in an area comparable to a medium-size movie theater. That's in cities; out in the country, where the distance between cells is greater, the device can take out one whole floor of a building...
...number that wades in, chin out, fists swinging, Badu's voice wailing. Neosoul divas can sometimes drift off into sleepytime music, looking to set moods rather than stir emotions; Badu, from the first track, demonstrates that her new material has soul and guts. But she has more than just power in her arsenal. Throughout the CD, she also shows off her gift for melody: the sweet Orange Moon enthralls and delights, while Time's A Wastin conjures a sweet elegance. Badu's reggae-driven duet with Stephen Marley (son of Bob), In Love with You, provides a welcome romantic interlude...
...State liquor authority might want to investigate, as the legal age for drinking alcohol in New York is 21. In describing how the partnership came together, you noted that Bertelsmann chief Thomas Middelhoff and Napster founder Shawn Fanning consumed a bottle of "$219 Phelps Insignia Cabernet" wine with their power lunch at a New York City restaurant. Perhaps that was the reason why 20-year-old Fanning was so "entranced" by the German media giant. Should the deal turn sour, I'll wonder if the alcohol Fanning consumed distorted his judgment. GEORGE W. ROTH Boston
...brawl, in Brownsville. Zab's dad Yoel--a world-champion kickboxer--raised him and his six brothers alone, losing none to prison or drugs, infusing all with a deep sense of his Israelite religion (a form of Judaism) and teaching them to box. Zab, with his speed and power, proved best, racking up an amateur record of 110-5. "My father is my idol," Zab says, meaning that while he now drives a Mercedes and wears diamond studs, he still does the dishes at Dad's house...