While the action is spectacular -- after all, the choreography was handled by kung-fu master Yuen Woo-ping, whose credits include Drunken Master and most recently The Matrix -- what really makes Crouching Tiger a gem is the wonderful blend of nostalgia, stunning cinematography, a fast-paced plot, and -- yes -- a good story.
Their leader, a semi-literate master-sergeant named Samuel Doe, moved out of his tiny shack and into the palace, declaring himself president.
Skate-skiing, a faster but harder-to-master skate-style motion that originated in Europe in the 1980s, is growing in popularity across North America, and the Methow has plenty of dedicated followers.
He is the master - we used to have the master at Liverpool in Bob Paisley, but he used the reverse psychology of praising teams - sometimes not even believing it himself.
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As a result of its strict architectural rules, Palmetto Bluff is a sprawling, low-density, master-planned community.
The two men -- master and slave -- hadn't seen each other in more than a decade.
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KEDO, the American-led consortium supposed to master-mind the project, and which also includes South Korea, Japan and the European Union, has to beg and scrape each year to find the cash for the 500, 000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil promised to North Korea to tide it over until electricity from the two new reactors comes on stream.
Tiny Rwanda - repeatedly identified by UN experts as the puppet-master behind this and previous rebellions - can surely no longer hide behind its familiar denials of involvement.
Like a large mouthed bass, I'm snapping at the lure of 10% returns in preferreds, debentures, energy-based master limited partnerships--anything that can survive a major economic contraction.
Unlike more ambitious collectors such as Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza, whose broad range of master-paintings is housed at the imposing Villahermosa Palace in Madrid, Mr Beyeler does not claim to have mounted an exhaustive panorama that takes in every movement in 20th-century art.
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On-board, in addition to the flight crew, there was a load master - who had responsibility for ensuring the animals were safe and secure - two attendants and a veterinarian to monitor the animals during the flight.
On his follow through, he looks more like a power-hitter muscling a drive into the right-centerfield gap than a master ball-striker like Vijay Singh.
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That's not surprising, since he has no real connection to Apple, and his job mainly consists of telling people how to move their money around -- a Master of the Universe gear-cranker, you might say.
With Citi coming off the most disastrous period in the company's history, shareholders had better hope that when Pandit starts talking, he turns out to be more like JPMorgan Chase chief Dimon--a master of the expectations game--and not CharlesPrinceCharles Prince, Pandit's predecessor at the helm of Citigroup .
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When completed, her master closet will become the first space she enters in her 850-square-foot master suite.
Bakhshi music is passed on through traditional master-pupil training, which is restricted to male family members or neighbours, or modern methods, in which a master trains a wide range of students of both genders from diverse backgrounds.
Being steeped in the tradition of basket-weaving can make you a master basket-weaver, but political acumen or a shrewd business sense is something that is less easily handed down, if at all.
The programme aims to send 200 students a year to take a year-long master's degree at Tsinghua - in subjects including public policy, international relations, economics and business, and engineering - from 2016.
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Each apartment has fireplace-bedecked master suites and living rooms, 20-foot-tall great rooms, and private elevators that access every floor.
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The 7-bedroom, 8.5-bathroom mansion sits on more than 3 acres and includes a gourmet kitchen with high-end appliances, main-floor master suite with two custom designed walk-in closets, wine cellar and a patio area with a built-in grill.
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To make "The Matrix" (1999) and its sequels, the Wachowski brothers hired legendary Hong Kong action director Yuen Woo-Ping as a fight choreographer so Michelle Yeoh's scorpion kick from Mr. Yuen's "Tai-Chi Master" (1993) became Carrie-Anne Moss's scorpion kick in "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003).
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When he first moved into management he proved to be an equally hard task-master.
Mr Blair has, in effect, imposed on Labour the Grimond master-plan for the Liberals.
Jump-master Michael Wilson-Roberts rushed to help both men within seconds of them hitting the ground.
He is a past-master at squeezing the maximum of power from the narrowest of margins.
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