Word: jannings
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...cultural terms, Chinese revolutionary zeal is often remembered more for what it destroyed - temples, monuments, reputations, lives - than for what it created. But "Art and China's Revolution," an exhibition at the Asia Society in New York City until Jan. 11, presents a fascinating look at an artistic development that came into being between the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949 and its economic liberalization in 1978 - namely, the new visual aesthetic of socialist realism with Chinese characteristics...
Critics of Guantánamo say that after years of alleged torture and abuse, detainees aren't competent to plead guilty, as the five men are trying to do. Disputes over issues like that make it unlikely the proceedings will wrap up before the Inauguration on Jan. 20--which will complicate Obama's task of closing the facility and ending an embarrassing chapter in the war on terrorism. In any event, the military judge, Army Colonel Stephen R. Henley, refused to accept the guilty pleas. He said he needed first to resolve the question of whether a plea--instead...
Budget woes at the administrative level have all but squashed students’ hopes of missing scheduled exams to attend Barack Obama’s inauguration on Jan...
...proposal outlines three alternatives—administering exams on Sunday, Jan. 18, any day after January 20, or in February during the period already scheduled for make-up exams...
...representatives from the Registrar’s office argued that the costs of administering exams—$300,000 per exam period—reduces the feasibility of moving the Jan. 20 exams...