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...like some of Zhang's work, still have no chance of being screened in China without undergoing major cuts by the censorship board. But Xu's avoidance of political fare doesn't mean she is content to churn out the clichéd boy-meets-girl comedies that are the mainstay of Chinese cinema. Her next two projects will tackle serious topics. One is a Tang-dynasty drama that she says will demonstrate that "court life is no different from street life." The other is an examination of post-9/11 America...
That photo features Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Af Am’s chair since 1991, and a department mainstay even as other high-profile professors—including Cornel R. West ’74, K. Anthony Appiah, Lawrence D. Bobo, and Michael C. Dawson—have come and gone...
Over the past 12 years, the original Darwin’s, at 148 Mt. Auburn St., has evolved into in a homey local mainstay, earning a reputation for excellent sandwiches that the new shop’s staff says it hopes to replicate...
...would characterize U.S. nuclear weapons policy as immoral, illegal, militarily unnecessary, and dreadfully dangerous. Far from reducing these risks, the Bush Administration has signaled that it is committed to keeping the U.S. nuclear arsenal as a mainstay of its military power." ROBERT MCNAMARA, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, on the risk of nuclear catastrophe, as the United Nations met last week to discuss its nonproliferation treaty...
...money; new productions frequently cost $2 million or more to rehearse and mount. Even hits can take up to a year to start showing any profit. The financial pressures have all but squeezed out the modestly worthy, mildly popular, moderately profitable shows that used to be the theater's mainstay. Instead, producers look exclusively for blockbusters...