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...What about the Japanese aesthetic inspires you? I've always been inspired by the Asian aesthetic. On it's own, Japanese minimalism can be too severe, but there is a certain spirit, a rigor and a love of sophistication here that has always inspired me. I love the colors and the shapes you see in Japan...
...began his speech at the Institute of Politics by likening South Korea—formally known as the Republic of Korea (ROK)—to a “ball-bearing” in the “complex and important machine” that is the Northeast Asian security mechanism...
...past several years, scores on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests have improved—in some cases substantially. But because of the way progress is measured, many schools still find themselves on the federal watch list due to disparities in performance among subgroups: white, black, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American students, as well as low-income, special education, and limited English students. Under the No Child Left Behind Act, school progress is measured by overall improvement in both English and Math, and reducing the gap among subgroups in both English and Math. A school that fails to make...
...Business School faculty voted to drop special minority admissions procedures, arguing that they were no longer needed to ensure enrollment of black, Hispanic, Asian-American, and Native American students...
...impossible to enforce. Every expectant mother somehow learns whether she is expecting a boy or a girl. Abortions are readily available for around $5 in government clinics. "We must expand our propaganda activities to educate people aching to have boys," says Nguyen Ba Thuy, deputy minister of health. Other Asian countries have seen the sex imbalance towards boys reverse, including South Korea, one of the first countries to report the missing-girls phenomenon. In recent years the skewed gender balance in that country has reversed down to near-natural ratios, thanks in part to societal changes that saw more young...