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...eminent creative force. His best movies are made with such verve and craft that the viewer's head practically explodes with the concentration they require, the pleasure they bring. And at 50, Tsui hasn't slowed up. Just the first two minutes of his new Time and Tide--the first Hong Kong film he has directed in five years--are breathlessly virtuosic, using slo-mo and rapid cuts and neck-swiveling pans to impart enough visual information for half a dozen Hollywood features...
...only after Gore had called Bush to congratulate him and began preparing a concession speech did the tide turn once again, with the announcement that Florida was once again too close to call, and would have to undergo an automatic recount...
...in’s first few days—with sleep-deprived Yard residents raising a ruckus and a daytime rally accidentally drowning out a Holocaust Remembrance Day reading nearby—seemed to only hurt the campaign, not help it. But over the past five days the tide turned, with the protesters gaining the support of both Massachusetts senators, AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney and nearly every pair of House Masters across campus. And with the change, the focus has returned to why 46 students occupied Mass. Hall in the first place: to counter the University?...
...Nguyen was able to stop the Yale tide with a big 6-2, 6-4 win over Carleton at the No. 2 spot. However, Harvard had lost the first set in the remaining three matches...
...which was bad news for Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, who is expected to square off against Gaullist President Jacques Chirac in next year's national elections. Pollsters and pundits had predicted a "pink tide" of leftist victories that would have given Jospin a crucial boost in advance of next spring's parliamentary and presidential votes. Instead, Jospin was engulfed by a "blue tide" of conservative victories that raised worrisome questions about his future chances. Perhaps the most alarming sign was that five of his cabinet members were defeated in local contests, including such stalwarts as Labor Minister Elisabeth Guigou...