Word: yang
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...revival. The menu proclaims, “The Trident is trying to redefine what success in business might be like following the Buddhist notion of right livelihood.” Said menu also offers “Momos” (traditional Tibetan dumplings) and the “Ying Yang milkshake” (vanilla ice cream and carrot juice), as well as the ever-popular “Perpetual Breakfast.” Be sure not to spill on a yet-to-be-purchased tome about Eastern philosophy...
...around Taiwan to record folk songs: "He had a camera and I had the time." Without a visa and under the pseudonym Du Ke Feng ("like the wind"), he joined the news department of China Television, making documentaries for the Taiwanese version of 60 Minutes. Then, director friend Edward Yang invited Doyle to work on his feature debut That Day, On the Beach (1983), and the New Wave was underway. "What can I say?" says Doyle. "A happy accident...
...gold four years ago in Nagano, when Japan won five gold medals in all. This year it will be lucky to get any. The big Asian upset came in the women's 1,500-m short track speed skate, expected to be dominated by a Chinese pair of Yang Yangs. Yang Yang (S) banged into the side with four laps to go while Yang Yang (A) proved to be all Yin and never threatened. Instead, the race was won by the only athletes so far to truly claim an event for Asia, Koreans Ko Gi-Hyun, who took gold...
...record straight, Valentine’s Day is not a precious occasion for togetherness and budding romance. It is not a source of warmth and comfort to thaw the winter’s cold. And tomorrow is certainly not the day when my yang will finally merge with its yin—at least, not without a measure of divine intervention. When my yin discovers how little thought I’ve given to this sanctified day, let alone that I’ve called her my yin, I’ll probably need a lot more than a favor...
...Biathlon is another yin-yang event, as it combines cross-country skiing-which gets the heart rate roaring-and riflery, which requires a calm, relaxed touch. Europeans are still the best, but American Jay Hakkinen, 24, has placed as high as fifth in a World Cup event. Hakkinen, who has been blasting since 1994, says that despite America's habitual futility in biathlon, he has heard only support, never ridicule: "You just don't joke around about the guy with the gun, I guess...