He assembled a cast that wonderfully crosses Greater China borders and includes popular actors of the present like Chow and Yeoh, as well as respected stalwarts of the past like Cheng and Lung.

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More important, the initiative has also managed to put together a coalition that crosses both ethnic and party boundaries, including black inner-city pastors and Roman Catholic leaders as well as Republican activists.

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The British forces left with more than 500 ancient parchment manuscripts, two gold crowns, crosses and chalices in gold, silver and copper, religious icons, royal and ecclesiastic vestments as well as shields and arms made between the 14th and 19th centuries.

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