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Asian art had a foothold in the U.S. as early as the 18th century, when blue and white Chinese porcelain was a mark of wealth and taste in households, like Thomas Jefferson's, that could afford it. Commodore Matthew Perry's arrival in Tokyo Bay in 1853, which forced Meiji Japan to open itself to Western influence, led to a concurrent craze in Europe and the U.S. for all things Japanese. By the turn of the century Ernest Fenollosa and William Sturgis Bigelow, learned Bostonians infatuated with Japan, were assembling the great collections of furniture, scrollwork, carvings and prints that...
...hour, compared with $17.90 at major California chains; Gigante's meatcutters make $7 an hour less than their counterparts at other union markets. These concessions from the United Food and Commercial Workers--with 165,000 members, the largest private union in California--were intended to help Gigante gain a foothold but are sure to be temporary, the union says...
...Hoping to leapfrog this roadblock, Murdoch has been currying favor with Beijing ever since his Star satellite network, which runs nine channels in China, got a foothold on the mainland. The relationship got off to a rocky start in 1993, after Murdoch offended authorities by declaring that satellite broadcasting threatens "totalitarian regimes everywhere." Since then, Murdoch has chosen not to irritate the Communist Party. In 1999 he ordered HarperCollins, News Corp.'s publishing arm, to drop a book by former Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten because it was critical of Beijing and, shortly after, dismissed the Dalai Lama...
Lynes’ early friendship with Gertrude Stein helped him find a foothold in the Paris avant garde art world even before he took up professional photography...
...preferred the casual give-and-take atmosphere of their informal presentations, given at Adams and Quincy Houses and in Lecturer Heather Love’s Literature 114: “Friendship” seminar. At Adams House, conversation topics ranged from the duo’s experiences gaining a foothold in the music world and working in the porn industry as soundtrack composers to their thoughts on the interaction between academic discourse and experimental...