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...refugees over the border, badly disrupting the economy of China's northeast. Beijing is currently constructing a fence along the border, but there is little expectation that this will be particularly effective. All of which means that Beijing will have little real option but to smile politely and play gracious host during the six-party talks. Tea anyone...
...last three-and-a-half years, Tessa C. Petrich ’07 has played the role of party planner, event organizer, and gracious hostess. Now is Harvard ready for a fun czarina? Petrich has a long resume of fun. “I prefer to be backstage than on it,” Petrich says about her work with Harvard fashion show Eleganza, in which she served as fashion director, creative director, and most recently, executive producer. “I like creating an opportunity for others to have fun.” Since her freshman year, Petrich...
...grave. Afterward, Pelosi asked Frost to visit her in her office. She appreciated the work he was doing to help Democratic candidates, she told him, and added that if the party won the House, she would be turning to him for more. "She could not have been more gracious," Frost says. "I was very appreciative. Whatever she needs me to do, I will...
...himself, playing Purim's director. He appears to be a serious and dedicated artist. But he will compromise his "vision" when anyone - actor, producer, studio chief, cameraman - challenges his ideas and threatens his low-budget schedule. As for Marilyn Hack, she plays the solid pro, pretending a sort of gracious indifference to the completely manufactured buzz surrounding her. But by the end of the film she has undergone a complete makeover and is, alas, drinking heavily...
...written to Breen and that he had accepted her explanation. “I sent a long explanation of that one to him listing out my entire thought process, and I got a really good response from him,” Breeden said. “He was really gracious...