Word: inner
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Between the inner and outer stone walls of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, stand the barracks that housed the emperor's army for five centuries. Since the conversion of the royal family's palace into a public site, however, museum employees, not soldiers live here. For eight years, Wu Hung, now a tutor in the Fine Arts department, lived between these walls as a curator for the Palace Museum...
Before his appointment to this position, Wu Hung was imprisoned for three years in a labor camp on the Inner Mongolian border. Wu Hung was caught in China's Cultural Revolution, a time when Chairman Mao attempted to purge the country of traditional cultural and intellectual values...
...also turned to traditional Chinese philosophy in his search for some stability in a "country that was like a madhouse." He studied Taoism, which holds as its central principle that power lies in the mind, in the self, and not in action. "I don't think I achieved the inner peace of the Taoists, but I tried," remembers Wu Hung...
...targeted way. It will be critical to take a few important goals and to drive them hard." Some observers doubt that the Reaganauts, except perhaps for the President himself, have any great gift for the art of political compromise. Indeed, just about the only aide left in Reagan's inner circle who is adept at handling Congress, Mitch Daniels, may leave the Administration soon. Norman Ornstein, a political scientist at the American Enterprise Institute, says that with the exception of Daniels, "I don't think there's a single individual in the White House with a good understanding...
Moore's crystals, which include clear quartz, amethyst, and rose quartz pieces and balls "are continually vibrating, so they achieve a high frequency. By holding a crystal and by concentrating on its energy, you climb to its frequency, and in doing so, have more power to tap your inner self...