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Warriors of Virtue

Director: Ronny YuWriters: Michael Vickerman and Hugh KelleyDirector of Photography:Peter PauEditor:David WuMusic:Don DavisProduction Designer:Eugenio ZanettiProducers:Dennis Law, Ronald Law…

2005 People in the News

Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),Jack Abramoff,Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,Askar Akayev,Samuel Alito,Kofi Annan,Lance Armstrong,Bashar al-Assad,Gloria Arroyo,Buster Baxter,Benedict XVI,Tony Blair,Robert Blake,John…

America's Cup Record

First race in 1851 around Isle of Wight, Cowes, England. First defense and all others through 1920 held 30 miles off New York Bay. Races since 1930 held 30…

Brother

Director/Writer:Takeshi KitanoSony Pictures Classics; NR; 112 minutesRelease:7/01Cast:Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, Claude Maki Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano received international acclaim…

Light Heavyweight

1903 Jack Root,George Gardner1903–05 Bob Fitzsimmons1905–12 Philadelphia Jack O'Brien11912–16 Jack Dillon1916–20 Battling Levinsky1920–22 Georges Carpentier1923 Battling Siki1923–25 Mike…

NBA Lockout update

by Gerry Brown Check out Earlier Coverage in the Information Please Sports Almanac The labor impasse that has preempted the NBA's regular season thus far continues to drag on with little sign of…

Short Season, Tall Task

Can the NBA maintain its edge without his Airness? by Gerry Brown NBA also-rans are licking their chops now that the invincible trio of Phil Jackson, Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen has…

modem

(Encyclopedia) modem [modulator/demodulator], an external device or internal electronic circuitry used to transmit and receive digital data over a communications line normally used for analog signals…

Pentecostalism

(Encyclopedia) Pentecostalism, worldwide 20th–21st-century Christian movement that emphasizes the experience of Spirit baptism, generally evidenced by speaking in tongues (glossolalia). The name…