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Maybe Maguire is a control freak because he never had much control over things as a kid. His parents were 18 and 20 when they had him, and split up two years later. Dad was a cook; Mom was a secretary. Maguire grew up ping-ponging between them, moving from state to state. Often he was so nervous he threw up in the morning before school. Then everything changed. He was in junior high, and his mom wanted him to take a drama class. She bribed him with $100. After that, it was commercials--his first onscreen performance...
...mainland and local) and some tycoons in Hong Kong still insist it is, or should be. There's been a politicization of the hitherto apolitical middle and professional classes. Hong Kongers have signaled clearly that they regard the territory not only as a place to make money and then split for gentler political climes but as a permanent home for themselves, where their children and children's children can one day lead full lives. Leading members of the business ?lite are now openly acknowledging the need to heed public opinion. Even traditionally pro-China politicians are uttering what would once...
...best remembered for a bizarre incident at the Los Angeles Zoo in which Bronstein was bitten on the foot by a 7-ft.-long komodo dragon and had to be rushed to the hospital. In his petition, Bronstein cited irreconcilable differences. The couple said in a statement that the split is "amicable and mutual" and that they are both "committed to being great parents and having a friendship, as parents, going forward." The rest of the men in America responded with a statement, as follows: "Dude, are you mental? You're divorcing Sharon Stone...
...panel, told TIME that he wants both President Bush and former President Clinton to meet with the commission and discuss matters that could include what their Administrations knew about the al-Qaeda terrorist plots--and what was done to combat them--before the 9/11 attacks. With the commission evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, Lehman's position makes it all but certain that a majority will support a request to interview Bush and Clinton. "I don't think any commission should ever formally call a President to testify," Lehman said, "but I think it is very much in the country...
...been "misled" into taking to the streets. As political rhetoric goes, that hardly seemed inflammatory. But to an individualistic population that is not easily led?and whose core beef was misleadership on the part of Tung?it was a major insult. Tsang quickly apologized. The dab is now split between stubborn stalwarts and more-flexible members who fear losing Legco elections scheduled for next year. That faction openly admits that Tung blew the Article 23 debate...