Truly, the curse of that old guru sticks like the blood leeches of the Bengal swamps.

Ahmed could have told Kathlyn that the old guru stood back of her father, pushing, pushing.

Its main departure from Howard is that it aims for higher densities than the old guru liked.

I overheard him the other day in the middle of a most atheisticaltalkwith that fat old guru of theirs.

The 84-year- old guru's death on Sunday triggered an outpouring of grief from followers who included politicians, film stars, athletes and industrialists.

The series regulars, who also include Dustin Hoffman as an old guru and James Hong as Po's ostensible dad, all return -and why not?

But after we spent hours looking at old Guru photos, neither of us had any doubt as to what had happened.

"He has been fighting the old guru."