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...vignettes, past and present, recount the trials the characters endure to emerge with a new sense of self-respect. The mothers' have achieved dignity by surmounting the oppressive conditions in China in the earlier half of this century: arranged marriage, polygamy and war. They have triumphed over these hardships through cunning and bravery, but for their daughters, the path is less clear. The youngwomen's problems are not so black-and-white; noris fleeing to another country an option...
...story goes something like this. Four pairs of mothers and daughters come to terms with one another after recalling defining moments in their relationships. Among other things, the daughters recount the difficulties of growing up in Asian-American families: the pressure to succeed, the endless pursuit of parental acceptance, the identity crisis. Through all of this, the mothers seem distant, almost uncaring...
...that sequence Steven Soderbergh, working territory far removed from his sex, lies, and videotape, efficiently reveals the sweet blend of imagination and practicality that animates his principal character and the sympathetic yet unsentimental approach with which he will recount his subsequent adventures...
...dominant animal at Tanglewood is, without a doubt, the social one, and here lies the crux of the enigma. The social animal does not come to a concert to listen to music; it comes to see, be seen and to be able to recount what it saw. Turnout was probably increased more by the magnitude of the soloists' reputations than the prerequisite quality of their playing. An up-and-coming pair of players might not have fared so well in this environment...
...newly unsealed documents recount how an ATF undercover agent inside the compound, Robert Rodriguez, was talking with Koresh on the morning of Feb. 28 when the cult leader was called away by one of his disciples. When Koresh returned, he said, "Neither ATF or the National Guard will ever get me. They got me once, and they will never get me again. They are coming. The time has come." Rodriguez left the compound soon after and alerted officials. Forty minutes elapsed before the ATF moved...