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...female dancers dressed entirely in white. “Diamonds” is danced to the quintessential Russian composer Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 3.” The dance is in the classical Russian style, with much promenading and magnificence. The piece seemed to offer a glimpse into the interior of Balanchine’s mind, with its symmetry and playfulness. “Jewels” is an ambitious piece, particularly because its emotional and artistic impact relies so much on the precision and perfection with which it is performed. The very fact that...
...Beijing is also trying to prop up the healthiest companies by encouraging car sales in China's rural provinces, where there are hundreds of millions who have yet to adopt the freer spending patterns of consumers in richer coastal cities. Beginning in March the government will offer $730 million in subsidies to help rural residents replace their outdated three-wheeled vehicles, which are ubiquitous in farming communities, with small trucks or minivans with engine capacities of up to 1.3 liters. Qualified individuals will be entitled to a maximum of $725 under the program...
...good workers while unemployment is still high-and easy for workers to come across small companies since there are so many of them. Once the economy is chugging along at full-steam and the labor market is tight, larger companies regain the advantage, since they're likely able to offer more money-and poach from smaller outfits...
...lack of subtlety seeps into these portrayals as well, and the characters are painted in broad, vapid strokes. Though Joon painfully recalls being taunted with racial slurs as a child, she views her multiracial peers through an equally skewed lens—in which lisping Puerto Rican call girls offer advice on oral sex and superstitious Chinese women throw knives at enemies. When racial stereotypes aren’t heavily reinforced, Mun utilizes conspicuous hints to contextualize Joon’s acquaintances—a fellow runaway who endeavors to teach Joon life lessons is named Knowledge, while a former...
...house. In a futile attempt to convince the unnamed occupant of the house to let them in, they bring flowers, bang on the door and deliver sweet indie pop into their ears. The band’s failure to get inside is certainly not for lack of trying. The offer of numerous varieties of flowers certainly doesn’t work. By the end of the video the ground is littered with the torn up remains of various bouquets. That’s very sad, but look on the bright side: now they can make potpourri! Just as ineffective...