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Everything is relative, and Dai Bosatsu Zendo, relative to everything, is incredible. Six hours from Memorial Church rests a very different center of religion, isolated in the Berkshires (and yet conveniently located 30 miles from Woodstock). The monastery has the simple beauty of classical Japanese style, except that it snuggles against a pristine New York lake and L.L. Bean rivals the soy bean for appreciation on cold winter nights...
After the dinner, dancers from the HarvardVietnamese Association Dance Troupe performed muanon la va ao dai, a traditional descriptive danceinvolving a customary hat and dresses...
Limited Freedom of the Press in the People's Republic of China--by Dai Qing, Neiman Fellow. 2 Divinity Ave., Auditorium...
Japanese banks are currently intensifying their focus on the European Community. Some 60 Japanese banks have European bases in London, and more will probably follow. Mini-headquarters are also being established on the Continent. Dai-Ichi Kangyo and Fuji Bank have offices in Munich; Sumitomo Bank, Sanwa Bank and the Bank of Tokyo are in Lisbon; and others have set up shop in Paris, Barcelona and Milan. The Japanese are likely to concentrate their activities in merchant banking and the bond markets...
While most U.S. banks are trimming their global ambitions, America's biggest banking company is showing few signs of retreat. The 178-year-old Citicorp, ! once ranked as the world's largest bank in assets, lost that title to Japan's Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank in 1986 and slumped to No. 11 in FORTUNE's 1990 ratings. As it stumbled in one market after another, the firm also lost some of its aura of invincibility, but it remains stubbornly committed to maintaining an international presence. Says John Reed, 51, the bank's youthful-looking chairman: "We want to be global...