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...should not be surprised by such ambivalence. Tradition is a dangerous word in progressive circles like this University. Especially at Harvard, tradition connotes racism, sexism, and elitism—oak-paneled back rooms filled with the heavy bouquet of brandy and thick swirls of cigar smoke, and other such ghastly images...
...staring at China. It is not only awaiting the extravaganza of the coming Olympic flame, but also scrutinizing every minute detail of China’s governmental and environmental wrongs. Instead of progress and achievement, the world sees a polluted country unable to stop choking on its own secondhand smoke. Such negative publicity may serve to bring awareness to China’s gilded image in the wake of Beijing 2008, but it does not do justice to China and its efforts at change...
...biggest obstacles are China’s rapid industrialization and the prevailing sentiment that becoming the next superpower is more important than saving some trees. Much of the pollution can be traced to factories (many owned by foreign entities), which swallow up local resources and leave a path of smoke and waste. But China’s global ambitions and the government’s questionable actions hardly presage China’s collapse under the harmful byproducts of its growth...
...smoke wafts into the bar from a nearby grill, series fan Rinaitwe suggests: "Maybe the show should have a conduct code that is acceptable to society." But why would anyone want to watch that...
...these prosaic surroundings Zakii has fashioned his vaporously romantic style. His canvases are populated by huge male torsos floating in the night sky, wispy clouds of cigarette smoke and riderless horses. "My art is not rooted in things Malaysian," says Zakii, who cites the alienated urban aesthetic of David Hockney and Edward Hopper as formative influences. "I believe in something more universal...