Word: binging
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...ease, however, by the precedent set by perhaps the most famous work to date of artist Xu Bing called “Book From the Sky” or “Book From Heaven.” In one of the first examples of installation art in China, Xu created volumes of scrolls containing approximately 4,000 invented Chinese characters, which were then hand-cut onto wooden print blocks. Each character appears to the viewer as if a real word, with Chinese visitors to the installation noting that their first impression of the project was that many...
...Bing included, there is a wealth of wonderful art emerging from China—especially Beijing. Unfortunately for some of the artists who decide to shrug off the demands of the international market in favor of more directional work, their art often meets the criticism from the government, often resulting in professional dismissal and bans on public displays of art. Nonetheless, Chinese artists today, due in great part to the art boom in their nation, are presented with incredible prospects. While the prices of art made by Chinese may fall, foreign interest in the Chinese art scene is unlikely...
...Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Connie Haines made her mark with rhythmic, up-tempo songs like "Oh, Look at Me Now" and "Snooty Little Cutie." Haines got her start at the age of 4, performing in theaters in her native Savannah, Ga. She later made radio appearances with Abbott and Costello, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope and television appearances with Milton Berle and Ed Sullivan. She also performed for five U.S. Presidents, a testament to her enduring career. Haines...
...abstain from sex on all but their least-fertile days. But abstinence is a tough sell and people, it seems, aren?t buying it. The country's population is growing at a rate of about 2.3% per year, outpacing increases in agricultural production and economics gains. Poor families, like Bing's, are growing fastest. The country's poorest residents have an average of six children. The richest, meanwhile, have two. And it's not simply a matter of choice. Asked how many children they'd like to have, Philippine women, rich and poor, say they'd like two. Bing...
...hoping that will change. Backed by local women's groups and the Center for Reproductive Rights, Bing and a group of 19 of Manila?s poorest residents have taken the city to court. Their potentially precedent-setting lawsuit contends that the ban damages women?s health and violates their rights. They've marshaled compelling evidence: a relative increase in maternal deaths, reports of botched back-alley abortions, and children born into families that can't afford to raise them. "The consequences are far-reaching," says Aya Fujimura-Fanselow, a legal adviser to the Center for Reproductive Rights...