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...Minister Zhu Rongji, who had hoped to use the conditions attached to WTO membership as a lever with which to force the pace of economic reform. But the bottom line of China?s political system is maintaining the Communist Party?s control and what it perceives would be a descent into anarchy - the overarching concern of the leadership in Beijing is that economic liberalization threatens to plunge tens of millions of people into unemployment as decrepit state-owned industries collapse in the face of competition. China can?t afford the social safety net to absorb those unemployed people...
Initially, there were grand plans for the euro to replace the dollar as the currency of choice in international trade. That never developed, and now the euro is on a prolonged descent that all but assures it will remain second fiddle to the buck. Why? To stretch an Olympic metaphor, the gold-medal U.S. economy has been sticking the landing for years, while Europe's economy, like Khorkina, has at times stumbled to the mat. The U.S.'s stability has attracted foreign investment at a brisk pace, tending to bolster the dollar...
...norms can be essential for social and political bodies, they can become stifling for artistic groups. Think of nearly any closely-knit collection of artists--from the Pre-Raphelites to the Dadaists--and you'll probably be able to trace a trajectory of initial innovation followed by a slow descent into self-referentiality, imitation and, worst of all, dullness. Clearly, the relative unity of the Harvard theater world is nowhere near crisis level. Nor, for that matter, is it anywhere near the cohesiveness of the Pre-Raphelites or the Dadaists. But the move against experimentation that often marks closed artistic...
...complaints are a minor litany and not uncommon. For other Americans of Asian descent, there are sharper reminders that we are not yet considered part of the American context, that our presence is unidiomatic, all too easily aped, too often perceived as too alien to be appreciated as anything other than caricature. When the focus is on the "un-American-ness" of public figures, yellowface can generate the quick laugh. It was the route chosen by the National Review in 1997 when it lampooned the Clintons and Al Gore on its cover during the campaign-finance "Asian money" scandals...
...room's attempt to embrace a very intense period. This self-portrait caused van Gogh to allude to his own death, describing himself on the day he painted it as 'thin and pale as a ghost,' but it is barely noticed in the room. Van Gogh's descent into his final depression deserves more attention, either through commentary or the inclusion of more works from this period...