Word: easternism
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...attended a luncheon with several Asian designers who had recently graduated from Parsons School of Design. Angela Gao—who completed her thesis collection last May and recently released her ready to wear collection, ANGG—also pointed to a divergence in Eastern and Western aesthetic. “Western style is about sex appeal,” she said. “It’s more straightforward and women are not afraid to flaunt their bodies. Eastern style is more hidden and demure, though the message is still very direct...
...where a gaping new hole has opened in the border between Europe and poorer, war-torn corners of Asia and the Middle East. As growing numbers of people flee Iraq, Afghanistan and the Caucasus, human traffickers have begun using the route from the southwest coast of Turkey to several eastern Greek islands as a back door to European territory, adding it to more familiar passages from North Africa to Sicily, Lampedusa, Malta and the Canary Islands. The number of illegal immigrants arriving in Greece has surged over the past year. Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos estimates that 150,000 of them...
...Germany Lagging on Kyoto Goals A U.N. report has given industrialized nations mixed reviews on reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. While overall emissions have dropped 5% below 1990 levels, they have grown 2.3% since 2000. Authors attribute much of the upswing to the recovery of post-Soviet economies in Eastern and central Europe. Among the nations studied, 19 are falling behind on their emissions goals for 2012 under the Kyoto Protocol. The findings were released ahead of next month's climate conference in Poznan, Poland...
...going quickly to catch up with its competitors who have a clear leg up having spent time in the national spotlight. While Division I-AA players like Delaware’s Joe Flacco—now starting for the Ravens—Villanova’s Brian Westbrook, Eastern Illinois’ Tony Romo, and Bethune-Cookman’s Rashean Mathis, have increased the visibility of Division I-AA football, it’s far from being an easy route to the NFL. Yet scouts’ thinking seems to be shifting towards decision making and other intangibles when...
What with the world economy in the throes of a precipitous slowdown and even Africa's crisis agenda now dominated by the upheavals in eastern Congo and the exploits of Somalia's pirates, it's easy to forget all about Zimbabwe - which is exactly what President Robert Mugabe may be hoping will happen. Mugabe and his inner circle have doggedly fought to maintain absolute control over Zimbabwe, despite having agreed on Sept. 15 to share power with the opposition, in order to resolve the political crisis resulting from the ruling party's refusal to accept the results of the March...