Word: orientale
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Leading her charges into the isolation wing, Sara explains that prisoners relegated to the "strip" or "oriental" cells were left naked, without blankets or light. "Try it," she tells a group of students. "Go into the cell, and I'll close the door, and you pretend you have to...
In recent years the task of educating New Yorkers in the history and subtleties of Eastern art has mainly been shouldered by two institutions: the Japan Society, founded in 1907, and the Asia Society, both of which have an impeccable track record of succinct, informative exhibitions. The concerns have a...
We assumed the Chinese would welcome us as fellow oppressed peoples because we were all minority students. Thirteen of us were black. There were two Puerto Ricans, two Chicanos; one girl was of German descent and one fellow was of Polish ancestry. The only Oriental in our group was a...
Bellies and Bottoms. To keep up with merchandising trends, most mannequin manufacturers employ research divisions that keep a sharp eye on fashion and retailing changes, and even try to anticipate them. "We have to know down to the second the latest happening," explains Bernard Robbins, president of Manhattan's...
The organ is lit up like the stage at Radio City Music Hall. Overblown poppies bloom in Oriental splendor in the organist's iridescent paisley jacket. At the keyboard, he rocks vigorously in gigue time, his rhinestone-decorated black suede shoes dancing over the pedals. Cascading waves of sound...