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...classical stringed instrument, and in such celebrations as the Lunar New Year festival, where one of his sons sets off a firecracker. A set of paintings from a small album for private viewing depicts the Emperor in 13 different guises, from a Taoist sage to a Mongolian noble to a Westerner, in wig and waistcoat. Was Yongzheng trying to make the point that he was the embodiment of his multiethnic empire, or was he just having a bit of fun? Hongli, Yongzheng's favorite son and Kangxi's most beloved grandson, became the Qianlong Emperor in 1736 when...
...place or worked against a stereotype,” Martin-Kao said. She added that she was conscious of picking photos that “weren’t the postcard of a place.” The best in show went to a unique depiction of typical Mongolian dwellings against an illuminated night sky, shot by Dustin M. Saldarriaga ‘06. “Mongolia’s definitely an exotic and exciting place,” Saldarriaga said, adding that the country lent itself to photography. Saldarriaga took over 900 pictures during his four months...
...loathe you, Core Curriculum. By not saying “you must take this,” you have caused us all to abandon those courses which look too hard, too legitimate. How many of your wards graduate without reading Aristotle or Shakespeare or Locke, but having learned of Mongolian architecture and samurai...
...comfortable predicting being "bigger than Gap." But Tadashi Yanai, CEO of parent company Fast Retailing, expects Uniqlo to reach $10 billion in sales by 2010, with 10% coming from the U.S. The haberdasher's son is introducing neighborhood concept stores--stocked with basics made with colorful Egyptian cotton and Mongolian cashmere--to three high-volume New Jersey malls, to add to Uniqlo's roughly 700 stores in Asia and Britain. Yanai talks big, but expansion failures in the London area in 2003 cut revenue 25% and the stock 80%. Uniqlo expects 2005 sales to surpass $3.5 billion, up slightly from...
...event has raised at least $30,000 since the first race in 1999, and much of it has gone to promoting Khovsgol as an ecotourism site. The sport has also rubbed off on the locals. Mongolia doesn't have a tradition of marathoning?in the Khans' time, if a Mongolian had to run more than a hundred paces, he jumped on a horse. But nowadays, Mongolians regularly enter?and win?the race...