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Word: hsien (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Tcherepnin had a rich musical back-ground. Born in Paris, he was the son and grandson of composers. His mother, Lee Hsien-Ming, was the first female pianist to graduate from Shanghai Conservatory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Inspiring' Music Professor Dies | 4/16/1998 | See Source »

...Adams House performance is a dramatic adaptation of Taiwanese author Pai Hsien-yung's 1984 novel Niezi, translated into English in 1990 as Crystal Boys and acclaimed by the producers as "the first modern Chinese gay novel." An original creation of Weinstein and Yee, the play very clearly comes from a longer prose work. Weinstein and Yee seem to have tried to strike a balance between dramatizing character development and bringing concrete action to the stage, but the latter often works better than the former. Blocks of monologue, rather than quick banter or fast-moving action, mark the development...

Author: By Susannah R. Mandel, | Title: 'Crystal Boys' Opens Door on Hidden World, But Moves Slowly | 5/1/1997 | See Source »

Thomas C. Lee '96 and Hsien Y. Wong '96 came out victorious in the double-elimination tournament, which was held in Quincy and Eliot Houses on Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quincy Seniors Rule in Foosball Tournament | 5/13/1996 | See Source »

...have a three-China policy. They embrace mainland dramas by artists like Chen and Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern). They are beguiled by the Taiwanese domestic comedies of Ang Lee (The Wedding Banquet, Eat Drink Man Woman) and impressed by the daunting meditations of Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-Hsien (Good Men Good Women). And they get their giddy thrills from the wild Hong Kong action films featuring Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat, who are two of the world's top movie stars. Chinese pictures cannily appeal to audiences of every brow--high, middle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: ASIAN INVASION | 8/14/1995 | See Source »

...Kobayashi '96 and Hsien Y. Wong '96 are members of the Harvard Computer Society with a special interest in OS/2 and Windows operating systems...

Author: By Hsien Y. Wong, GUEST COLUMNISTS | Title: Software Review | 3/15/1995 | See Source »

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