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...anything, even plastic," he said, windmilling his arms as the goats scattered. When the artists' work began last year, Israeli soldiers chased them away but soon realized that letting them paint was likely to cause less fuss than arresting them. I asked the three whether the wall made a greater statement in its original state of ugliness or as a canvas for artistic expression. "To resist something, sometimes you have to interact with it," replied Arouri. "No way you can ignore the wall...
China's leaders are using the financial crisis as an opportunity to consolidate gains already made in the country's global competitiveness while laying a foundation for even greater progress in the future - and for the international power that economic prowess can bring. Nationalist voices in the media are already framing the crisis as a transformational moment in China's rise and the decline of the U.S. "They've criticized the dollar and asked for a new global reserve currency. They've criticized the U.S. role in the International Monetary Fund," says Beijing-based China scholar Russell Leigh Moses. Premier...
...thing; what the Chinese government wants in the way of policy, it gets. Christopher Wood, chief Asia strategist for the brokerage and investment firm CLSA, says the fact that China's economy is a hybrid of capitalism and a socialist command economy has given the government much greater flexibility to intervene. Beijing more or less ordered Chinese banks to increase lending in response to the global financial meltdown. Wood, a former journalist well known for predicting the bursting of Japan's bubble 20 years ago, says he expects the beneficial effects of China's stimulus spending to continue for three...
...company. In 1959, when the Cold War was at its pinnacle, and the relationship between the U.S. and the USSR was frigid at best, a team of 12 Soviet delegates came to Harvard as part of a month long tour of American northeastern colleges in an effort to foster greater cultural understanding.The group constituted one of two assembled on the basis of geographical area and professional interest. While one group toured universities in the Northeast, the other toured those in the Midwest.The 12 visitors—eight men and four women—arrived in Cambridge, where they surveyed...
...unique characteristic.Specifically, undergraduates in Adams were known for being artistic, while Eliot was referred to as the preppy House. To rival these deeply-rooted House personalities, Quincy quickly formed its own individual House character. Quincy’s newness contributed to “more free thinking and a greater willingness to violate old Harvard norms in the House,” said Field. As a result, Quincy became a place for experimentation and advocacy. The House was the birthplace of a “rebellion against formality,” Field said, noting that Quincy’s first...