Word: lanning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reactions to his films will portend for China's future. Will their disquieting force cause viewers to question their personal and societal conditions or wallow in the pain? Zhang may finally get his answer when Crazy English and Seventeen Years open to Chinese audiences later this year. Like A Lan in East Palace West Palace, Zhang will finally get to turn the table on both the State and his compatriots: "You've asked me a lot of questions. Now why don't you ask yourself...
...wrestling with a kluge, try plugging in a wireless modem like Sierra Wireless' AirCard 300 for Windows. PC Expo was packed with products like this, all betting heavily on a cable-free future. AirCard's advantage is that it automatically connects to a digital cellular network--or even a LAN--when you boot up, and it has a funky-looking antenna as well. The only catch: cellular can't operate at speeds faster than a tortoise-like 19.2 kbps. For now, the wireless experience is strictly for low-intensity surfers...
...mixing of work and play creates a beautiful sight: workers in front of their terminals into the wee hours. "I don't think there is leisure time anymore. New-media workers don't take time off and decompress; their idea of time off is playing Quake on the LAN [local area network]," says Steve Baldwin, co-author of the forthcoming book Netslaves...
...fact, Uche says that Lan's friendship took on a special poignancy when her mother was battling cancer last year, and Lan would always take time to inquire after the twins' and their mother's health. "She'd always give us really beautiful birthday cards and Christmas cards, and that meant a lot to me," Uche says...
...this unique combination of brilliance and empathy that friends insist makes Lan so special. "Iris is so brilliant," the Blackstocks both say. But at the same time, "she finds special things about everyone, even if it's the silliest or most insignificant thing to you. She's someone I know I'll be in touch with for the rest of my life...