Word: mandarinism
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...Hollywood, where he added color to Gus Van Sant's 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. And now Phillip Noyce's Rabbit-Proof Fence, his first Australian foray. "Yes, I'm from this place but I've been away for a while," says Doyle, 49, in his manic Mandarin-tinged accent, "so maybe I come back with a slightly different...
...stomps out the end of his Marlboro Red on the cold pavement and hops onto the small bus. The bus, labeled with vibrant Chinese characters proclaiming “Travel to New York,” has slowly filled with a mixture of Chinese young people gabbing away in Mandarin on their cell phones and students looking forward to a four-hour interstate journey. This is “go” time for the 11:30 p.m. Chinatown shuttle from Boston to New York City. The Chinatown shuttle, which costs from $10 to $25 one way, depending on departure...
...stores products that were competitive with other big brands. She enlisted as an Avon lady, listening to customers and developing incentive and recruiting programs that revitalized the sales force. And as China opens wider to trade, Jung, 42, has a big advantage: though born in Toronto, she learned Mandarin from her parents...
...technicolor Westernized shots the next) On the personal side, Agnes keeps a picture of her boyfriend and her name written in Chinese characters at eye level. When she isn’t working on her film, Agnes, whose first language is Cantonese, spends her time boning up on Mandarin since she figured“might as well graduate from college knowing how to speak the main Chinese language...
...leafy greens and balsalmic, diners oft-times leave their trays unattended in search of far-away items. Not only does this salad bar abandonment disrupt the rhythm of the line, it also reeks havoc on your salad-making experience. How can you properly pay heed to the world of mandarin oranges and feta cheese while worrying about the well-being of the beef barley soup you have left behind? The salad-making experience is sacred and unclaimed trays will only disrupt others dining experience. As always, manners make the world go round...