Word: ironization
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...last chapter, Cohen outlines the impact of Asian culture on American society. Asian influences are apparent in the proliferation of Chinese restaurants, the popularity of Asian-themed movies and television shows (fromPokemon to Iron Chef), the growing appeal of karate, Taoist sex practices, Buddhism, feng shui, karaoke, the influence of traditional Japanese art on American artists and so on. Furthermore, Cohen claims, Asian-Americans are the “fastest-growing population group, generally the most affluent, and the best educated,” attending the top colleges and becoming an “important force in mainstream American politics...
...nine hole turned out to be the safest spot to iron out the kinks...
Harold Varmus, the head of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Hospital, would be a terrific pick to fit those criteria. If Summers plans to turn Cambridge-Allston into BioMed Valley, he needs more scientific expertise to back him up and iron out the details. Varmus, who did graduate work in English at Harvard, has the benefit of a broad academic background and solid reputation—in fact, his name was bantered about not so long ago for the job Summers currently holds. All the business savvy of Daniel, Harper, Houghton, Rubin and Summers doesn’t matter unless they...
...Reading "Stripburek" gives the impression that the Iron Curtain resulted in a kind of comix Galapagos where the avant-garde, poetical and parable possibilities of comix evolved in unexploited splendor. Danijel Zezelj's "Petrified Tree" uses high-contrast, slashing brushwork to interpret a poem by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Lucie Markvartova's "Switch On-Off" builds a story out of all the buttons a finger must push throughout the day. Many pieces are like Wostok and Grabowski's fantastical "Daddy Where Are You," about a little girl who follows Daddy's beard through all manner of obstacles only to find...
...stop terror; instead, many of the terrorist groups targeting Israel, notably the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, come from Arafat’s legions and admit to being under his control. But most important is this: Arafat is an elected representative of the Palestinian people. Arafat may rule with an iron fist, but he was elected by a landslide in a popular election...