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It takes at least three days to go downriver from Chongqing to Wuhan, and as many as five days in the reverse direction, bucking the considerable tide.
But recently I have noticed that many of my wealthier acquaintances, people who live in tonier suburbs like Potomac, Md., or Darien, Conn., are bucking the trend toward smaller families.
Critics praise it for bucking Disney's musical-comedy formula: It's full of self-conscious humor (jokes about a glut of Hercules merchandise) and employs gospel music instead of the usual treacly pop tunes.
Comments made by senators in breaks from yesterday's continuous palavering suggest that the fast track proposal is, in the words of the NYT , "foundering," with a number of Senate Republicans bucking their leadership to complain that the House managers are entitled to more time to make their case against President Clinton.
Happily, the Weinsteins were a return to form, filling the niche vacated by the major studios and bucking the car chase, machine gun boilerplate.