Word: asianness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...expert in ancient Chinese historical narratives, will join the Department of East Asian Studies (EAS) as a tenured professor in September...
...associate professor in Princeton's East Asian Studies department, said her research experiences drew her to teaching...
...ELEGANT AND ECOLOGICAL Japanese designer Unsetsu Furukawa knows eco-chic. This dress, created in rattan, a solid but flexible Asian cane that can be grown without chemicals, is typical of the couturier's use of natural materials. Furukawa's models also show off fashions woven out of fabric made from recycled plastic bottles...
...foreigners. Unlike often-jaded American filmmakers, foreign directors have a unique perspective and can be more attuned to more subtle aspects of American culture. Ang Lee has proved himself to be quite an insightful observer of American life, directing both Pushing Hands, a well-told story about a mixed Asian marriage and the cultural struggles it creates, and The Ice Storm, a subtle and powerful film about WASP culture in the '70s. Both films, the latter especially, emphasize the unhappiness and ennui that infects suburban existence. Directed by Sam Mendes, a British theater director, American Beauty continues in this burgeoning...
...mantle, the olive within more closely resembling a preserved biology specimen than a cocktail. A fire blazes beneath the mantle; the air conditioner whirs in the corner. The charmed excess that once defined much of life at Harvard still finds a home in the Upstairs Bar, and the Kroksonow Asian, Jewish, middle-classosop up a little of the nectar that once fed them. They still cultivate a suave, Holyoke Street image: one part Andover Shop (where they frequently buy their neckwear), one part Gino's (formerly their official hairstylist) and two parts Hasty Pudding Club (of which they...