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...current global economic expansion, which began in the U.S. in November 2001, is unusual in one major aspect: for the first time in modern history, China and increasingly India, the world's two most populous countries, are factors in the global economy. Nobody paid any attention to them during economic recoveries in 1975, 1982 and 1991. But today, China, which recently became the world's fourth largest economy, has great significance both as a supplier of manufactured goods and a consumer of natural resources. The demand from China for raw materials has already resulted in higher equilibrium prices for many...
...Eurydice be defined by Orpheus’ dreams and imaginings: it portrays not only Orpheus in his grief, but also Eurydice in Hades. She has also been given the traditionally Orphic characteristic of compulsive creativity and is now a poet. The changes to Eurydice are the strongest aspect of the updated story. In addition to giving the myth a much-needed feminist boost, the two stories of Orpheus on Earth and Eurydice in Hades create a parallel structure—Eurydice comes to accept her reality and Orpheus rejects his, heightening the tension between the two characters, who don?...
...Queen has also subtly refurbished the most public aspect of her work - her interaction with ordinary people. She has never been naturally extroverted, perhaps a reaction to growing up so famous that as a child she had a territory named after her in Antarctica and was immortalized in Madame Tussaud's astride a pony. Her early friend and bridesmaid Pamela Hicks noted the unrelenting press of "intimate strangers" always peering in alongside motorcades. But over the years the Queen has learned to make encounters more enjoyable - and memorable. When she grants honors, she studies biographies of each recipient and writes...
...It’s unusual for plays at Harvard, and beyond, to have a fully female cast,” Birnbaum explains. Birnbaum, who went to an all-girls high school, was attracted to the play because of this aspect...
...course, without street fights there would be no Communist China (nor a United States of America, for that matter), but authoritarian regimes birthed amidst the rubble of revolutions tend to be eminently capable of overlooking this aspect of their conception...