Word: brief
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even Chinese President Jiang Zemin's brief visit to Drexel University Thursday drew a vocal crowd of protesters, demonstrating against China's record on human rights, labor and foreign relations...
...gilded rococo best, and nearly filled with a largely elderly audience. Rich blue purple velvet and white tie tuxes dominated the stage in both the orchestra and choir, providing a beautiful setting for the soloists' brocades, sequins, taffeta and diamonds. Nor did the non-musical excitement end there. A brief intermission provided opportunity to eavesdrop on the gossip of the very nattiest of the old Boston families or enjoy a cigar or rose in the lounge...
PHILADELPHIA--Chinese President Jiang Zemin, on his first state visit to an American university, underlined the importance of education to China's future last night in a brief speech at Drexel University here, two days before he is scheduled to deliver an important policy address at Harvard University...
Sitting between his interpreter and Drexel University President Constantine Papadakis, Jiang listened to brief introductions from Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, who both highlighted the economic ties between their constituencies and China...
After his brief foray in Chinese cinema, Di Cosmo came back to Venice in 1982 to finish his thesis...