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Top 100 Movies: No. 73 - Full Metal Jacket (1987) : Flicks Lists

By Flickslists 353 days ago from http://www.flickslists.com

Full Metal Jacket gives you two movies in one! That’s right, this film artfully fuses two movies together to create one great flick, which has writer/director Stanley Kubrick’s fingerprints all over it.

The first half of the film focuses on newly recruited (or drafted) Marines as they endure basic training with an intense drill sergeant, G

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The Vietnamese Art Scene

By helloworldbea 159 days ago from http://www.bluewaveted.com

While researching some possible destinations in Vietnam, I’ve come across something I’ve never really written about before: art. The word “Vietnam” has always been frequently associated with war, and times of hardship, but has anyone ever seen any of the works by Nguyen Thanh Binh? Or photographs from Phan Tu Trang? According

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Goddess of Beauty: Miss Universe 2008 Schedule

By ameliavega27 212 days ago from http://supremebeauty.blogspot.com

Miss Universe Beauty Pageant 2008 in Vietnam to be held on June 15 to July 14, 2008, you have chances to meet more than 80 beautiful contestants all over the world in three main programs, the Final Presentation Show, Dress Reheasal and the Final Coronation Night, yet to mention a series of special events during the campaign in

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Read John McCain’s 1973 First-Person Account Of Time As POW

By cmj1981 132 days ago from http://www.thehotjoints.com

U.S. News & World Report has republished the 1973 article by John McCain giving a first-person account of his time as a POW. It’s really an incredible story that everyone should read. What’s important to remember is that this was not written after he decided to run for President. He wrote this piece right after returning to the

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Wars Without Battles

By FullOfSecrets 330 days ago from http://fullofsecrets.com

I have toured Iraq twice. Once in 1990 and again in 2007. All my friends and family think I am a real-life version of Rambo because of the stories I told them. I even get special discounts at the grocery store because the owner and I share the army connection - he served in Vietnam.

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A New Crown for Miss Universe 2008

By ameliavega27 154 days ago from http://supremebeauty.blogspot.com

Japan's Riyo Mori, the reigning Miss Universe 2007 (photo, left) will be the last to wear the Mikimoto crown. Announced today by the Miss Universe Organization that CAO Fine Jewelry (a line of the renowned Phu Nhuan Jewelry (PNJ) company in Vietnam) has created the coveted 2008 Miss Universe crown. The winner of the 2008 Miss

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Vietnam host Miss World in 2010

By ameliavega27 137 days ago from http://supremebeauty.blogspot.com

Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam will be the hosting country of the 2010 Miss World Beauty Pageant as announces by Vnexpress. The current Miss World 2007, Zhang Zi Lin from China, and Julia Morley, President of the Miss World Organization, have been touring Vietnam for over a week, doing charitable work and checking the country's i

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Tran Thi Thuy Dung is Miss Vietnam World 2008

By ameliavega27 82 days ago from http://supremebeauty.blogspot.com

Introducing the diverse beauties of pageantry. Highlighting the top 4 major international pageants. Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth. And also the colorful pageants of Gay people and not forgetting the Male Pageants.

Representing Da Nang City, Tran Thi Thuy Dung wins Miss Vietnam 2008 Beauty Pagea

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Vietnam Ready to Welcome Miss Universe Competitors

By ameliavega27 158 days ago from http://supremebeauty.blogspot.com

Delegates of the Miss Universe 2008 beauty pageant begin arriving in Vietnam as of today, June 16. Up to 40 beauties will arrive at the HCM City-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport on June 17, said the organising board. Two competitors came to Vietnam on June 16, Siera Robertson, Miss Guam (18 years old, 1.75m) and Karol C

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