Word: popularized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kollwitz (1867 - 1945), Zhang's films capture struggle and pain without victimizing the subject. Zhang reduces life to its most basic elements-the individual and the interpersonal--and makes moments timeless. Unlike China's more commercial directors such as Feng Xiaogang, Zhang is not trying to play to a popular trope but to create a work of art that "could be seen 500 years ago or 500 years in the future and still be relevant...
...unwinding. On his fourth and newest album Burn to Shine, Harper seems to have suffered a belated sophomore slump. In his defense, the standard that he is judged by is a difficult one to uphold. Harper unabashedly admits that he is deeply influenced by the holy Trinity of popular music--Dylan, Marley and Hendrix. No one is expecting him to be the next folk, reggae or guitar God, but Harper does appear to have a refined musical sense. This alone holds him to some level of expectation...
...Seton says he is tired of hearing that the council doesn't matter to students' undergraduate experiences. It's become popular to dump on the council, he says, but in reality it is an effective presence on campus...
...Sunday, the Undergraduate Council will consider my proposal to raise the term bill fee from $20 to $50. The council has never been the most popular organization on campus, and some of you may wonder why this increase is necessary. However, if you look at the council's role on campus, you'll find that it needs a great increase in resources in order to continue providing the services, events and grants that thousands of students on campus utilize...
...those services and events cost money--Violent Femmes cost $22,500. The hotel ballroom for the First-Year Formal--which over 1,000 first-years attend--costs several thousand dollars. If we ever want to have an even more popular band and an event that rivals Penn's Spring Fling, we'll just have to find more money to do it with...