Word: orientating
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...easy for Americans to project their own problems onto some distant Other, in this case the perennially "exotic" Orient. The press gushed over Hillary Clinton's "courage" in denouncing Chinese violations of women's rights. But what risk was she facing, other than, perhaps, a curtailment of room service in her Beijing hotel? The politically risky--and truly courageous--thing would have been for Hillary to follow up her criticisms of China with some heartfelt reflections on the situation of women in America, herself included. She might have admitted she comes from the only industrialized nation that has refused...
...instance, Coleman suffered a fall as they headed toward the ferry stop at Orient Point, Long Island...
...boom that swept the rest of Asia during the 1980s. When the government announced an economic- reform program in 1989, Hanoi stood out as a place with relatively little industry and few cars, clean air and no traffic. Though neglected, architectural gems like the Ecole Francaise d'Extreme Orient and the former Bank of Indochina were resurrectable. ``For anyone interested in architectural questions, Hanoi is where the action is because there has been this palimpsest of time,'' says John Stubbs, program director of the World Monuments Fund. ``The Vietnamese can possibly learn from others' mistakes...
...another. Thanks to the large windows on the landings, it offers dramatic perspectives of the grand outdoor Pyramid and the majestic facades of the other wings. Wherever possible, in fact, Pei has sought to provide windows that open the museum on to the city outside and permit visitors to orient themselves. Perhaps Pei's greatest concession to visitor comfort was to include five rest rooms in the new wing, compared with two in all of the old museum. Pei's lighting system, which prevails throughout the upper-floor painting departments, is an inventive mix of natural and electric light...
Last Sunday we paid a call on playwright/chanteuse Erica Werner in her capacious Adams House brownstone. We found Ms. Werner, often referred to as "high society's bad girl," reposed in indolent decadence on her silk-sheeted bed, wearing a richly embroidered smoking jacket that smelled of the Orient (If we didn't ask what she had on underneath, it's not because we didn't wonder...