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...blossoms, which flower before the snows melt, symbolize the hope of spring; chrysanthemums, the hardiness to survive in autumn; orchids, refinement and modesty; and bamboo, loyalty, because it bends but never breaks. This steadfastness is celebrated in an exquisite silk hanging scroll, Bamboo Blowing in the Wind by Yi Chong (1541-1626), a royal prince who is considered the greatest Korean painter of bamboo. You can almost feel the breeze as the dark leaves float away from their own ethereal shadows, an effect Yi achieves by altering the proportion of water to ink on his brush. Animals and birds also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brush With Perfection | 5/30/2005 | See Source »

...succeed in developing; a hotel chain in London; and royalties from oil and gas production in the Bass Strait. Based on his "ultraconservative" appraisal of these hard-to-value assets, Wadhwaney thinks the stock trades for at least 30% less than it's currently worth. Then there's Liu Chong Hing Investments, which owns an exceptionally well-financed Hong Kong bank, as well as property in mainland China. The stock, listed in Hong Kong, trades at a 50% discount to its net asset value. It could take years for other investors?or acquirers?to notice how undervalued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hidden Assets | 5/23/2005 | See Source »

...Stephen Sondheim musical “Merrily We Roll Along.” During her freshman spring, Karlin was one of four Harvard students chosen to act in “Reason,” a professional production directed by the Obie Award-winning experimental director Ping Chong, and sponsored by the Office for the Arts at Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OFA Honors Thespians, Dancers, and Artists, Oh My! | 5/5/2005 | See Source »

...Stephen Sondheim musical “Merrily We Roll Along.” During her freshman spring, Karlin was one of four Harvard students chosen to act in “Reason,” a professional production directed by the Obie Award-winning experimental director Ping Chong, and sponsored by the Office for the Arts at Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OFA Honors Thespians, Dancers, and Artists, Oh My! | 5/4/2005 | See Source »

...haven't been able to find out who shot Tupac or Biggie, and we haven't been able to find Osama. So far, the only two criminals we've been able to catch are Martha Stewart and Chong." --JIMMY KIMMEL

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Punchlines: Mar. 28, 2005 | 3/21/2005 | See Source »

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