Word: xian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that traditionally bound even artists to the socialist system. But Nie earns enough from free-lance work to pay for Japanese cameras, CDs and designer sunglasses. The parents of Pang Rui, 18, want him to have security as a teacher or a doctor. But the university-bound student from Xian demurs: "I want to be free to earn a lot of money from a job I like...
...Mercedes-Benz and a red Ferrari. Ten years ago, Chen Xiaohan was a steelworker in a mill near Beijing. Now he manages a state-owned import-export company and drives around in a Cadillac with a mobile phone. Wang Guoqing quit his job at the Bank of China in Xian three years ago and is now a multimillionaire retailer, restaurateur and real estate developer who wears Pierre Cardin suits, Italian shoes and a $2,000 Swiss watch...
...assumptions of his own; seeing them in your bluebook, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically unconcerned, not all are agnostic. This is an older generation, recall. Some may be tired of St. Augustine flattened by a phrase, or reading about the "Xian myth...
...conference's participants explored issues surrounding women's health, they also had the chance to explore one of the largest nations in the world, starting in Beijing and moving to cities of Xian, Shanghai, and Suzhou...
...assumptions of his own; seeing them in your bluebook, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically unconcerned, not all are agnostic. This is an older generation, recall. Some may be tired of St. Augustine flattened by a phrase or reading about the "Xian myth...