Word: gao
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...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.” A Chinese-American designer, Gao attempts to merge her two identities in her design philosophy, which in fact is centered around the Eastern proverb “Express your strengths and hide your weaknesses.” “This is the Asian way of dressing,” she said...
...from the music mixed and produced by Michael R. Polino ’11 to the posture of the student models, many of whom are new to the business. “The models are all very professional. I was so surprised,” said Angela Gao, one of the designers. She would know what “professional” looks like; a New Yorker and a recent graduate of Parsons, she has been involved with shows for DKNY and Doo-Ri Chung. But what keeps Project East running is much less glamorous: the simple hard work...
...apparent that new funding solutions are needed. Private funding has a significant potential role to play in repairing America’s aging infrastructure, as it has for years all over the globe. Public–private partnerships, or PPPs, are defined by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) as “institutional arrangement in which a private entity assumes some level of risk beyond that traditionally associated with supplying its services to a government agency.” A recent report by the GAO provides examples of PPPs for highway infrastructure in the U.S., and highlights those which involve...
...said the San Antonio has so many problems because it is the first ship in its class, a claim Polmar dismisses. "We've been building these kinds of ships since 1943," he says. "It has no big missiles, no advanced radar and no nuclear propulsion." The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said last year that the San Antonio's woes began because the Navy relied on "immature" computer blueprints that infected its entire construction. That led to delays that cost up to five times what it would have if the work had been done in proper sequence. The GAO found that...
...report by the United States Government Accountability Office, the GAO listed three main challenges that remained in providing assistance to overseas voters and military: (1) simplifying and standardizing the time-consuming and multi-step absentee voting process, which includes different requirements and time frames for each state; (2) developing and implementing a secure electronic registration and voting system; and (3) proactively reaching all overseas citizens...