Word: chien
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...DETAINED. Chao Chien-ming, 34, son-in-law of embattled Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian; on suspicion of insider trading; in Taipei. Prosecutors say that Chao, who denies the allegations, used privileged information to make more than $10 million by investing in troubled Taiwan Development Corp. shortly before its shares shot up 800%. Recent scandals involving family and associates have driven Chen's approval rating to record lows, prompting opposition politicians to demand his resignation; members of his own party have expressed concern that his woes might hurt the party in upcoming elections...
...building style looks like University of Southern California,” said Amy Chien, a graduate student at USC. She felt the H-bomb impact, making sure to snap pictures that people back home would recognize as uniquely Crimson. During her visit, Chien insisted on taking a picture of this reporter (a real Harvard student!) in front of John Harvard. Chien critiqued his pose with an eye well-trained for digital photography. “The way you stand. Why like that? It’s not a nice pose. You Photoshop...
...moviegoer intrigued until the very end, even though the build is far from perfect. The shock value of the film—in the first scene, a man’s survival is contingent upon his slicing into his own eye (a cutting homage to “Un Chien Andalou”)—will entertain viewers and enable them to overlook the script’s limitations. Much of the plot’s complexities and intrigue are dropped in the interest of an easy conclusion. Additionally, the script gives little insight into the motivation behind...
...moviegoer intrigued until the very end, even though the build is far from perfect. The shock value of the film—in the first scene, a man’s survival is contingent upon his slicing into his own eye (a cutting homage to “Un Chien Andalou”)—will entertain viewers and enable them to overlook the script’s limitations...
...watched as the collective pressure of a wedding transforms normally reasonable folk into lunatics. But Chien-Chi Chang has taken that experience a step further?he's making art out of the insanity. In his 2002 book I Do, I Do, I Do, the Taiwan-born, New York-based photographer cast a jaundiced eye on the florid excesses of the wedding industry in his native island: the countless gaudy outfits thrown on and off for the wedding portrait, the banquet dinner that could fill the hangar of an aircraft carrier. Chang's perceptive photos showed the ordinary, exhausted people buried...