Word: pei
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...concerted effort," by Beijing, argues Pei Minxin, director of the China Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. "The guiding principle in the crackdown is the old mind-set: toughness works. The leadership has a two-pronged strategy. On the one hand, it tries to adopt policies that appear to be populist and friendly to the downtrodden, such as cutting rural taxes and increasing spending. On the other, it intensifies political control and targets troublemakers...
...director to ever hold a business degree.As director, Brown expanded the federal spending on the Gallery from $3.2 million to $52 million and the endowment from $34 million to $186 million. Brown also oversaw the construction of the Gallery’s East Building in 1978. Designed by I.M. Pei, the wing’s construction initially met opposition but is now one of Washington’s most popular cultural attractions.Brown also changed the character of the Gallery. He introduced “blockbuster exhibitions”—expansive art shows that attracted large crowds...
DIED. Warren Platner, 86, architect and designer whose graceful steel-wire chairs, tables and ottomans for the Knoll furniture company have been continuously produced since 1966; in New Haven, Conn. Platner, who worked with Eero Saarinen and I.M. Pei, had a role in some striking examples of modernism, including the interior design of Chicago's Water Tower Place, a vertical shopping mall, and Windows on the World, the restaurant that sat atop New York City's World Trade Center...
...DIED. Warren Platner, 86, architect and designer whose graceful steel-wire chairs, tables and ottomans for the Knoll furniture firm have been continuously produced since 1966; in New Haven, Connecticut. Platner, who worked with Eero Saarinen and I.M. Pei, had a role in some of the most striking examples of modernism, including the interior design of Chicago's Water Tower Place, a vertical shopping mall, and Windows on the World, the restaurant that sat atop New York City's World Trade Center...
...result of this bickering, says Pei, Bush and Hu will now have only an hour and a half to cover all the issues troubling relations between the two countries - from trade conflicts to Taiwan, from human-rights abuses to the rampant piracy of U.S. goods. "With half the time taken up by translators," adds Pei, "how much of substance can they cram in? These guys are going to be breathless from racing through their talking points...