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...After nine years of consolidation and streamlining, Tata signaled a new prominence for the emerging Asian conglomerate in 2000 when the most Indian of brands bought one of the most English, Tetley Tea. At $435 million, the deal was the biggest in Indian history, and it presaged a wave of international expansion by Indian and Chinese businesses like Mittal Steel and Lenovo. For Tata, entering the West was not an end in itself. Buying Tetley was simply a way to grow Tata Tea. "We look for the acquisition of companies that fill a product gap or have a strategic connection...
Rebecca A. Kaden ’08, a Crimson editorial editor, is an English and American literature and language concentrator in Kirkland House...
Copley painted the Bessborough portrait after he moved from America to England and worked under a British patron. “He was a particular champion during his English phase,” said Margaretta M. Lovell, a professor of American art history and architecture at the University of California, Berkeley. She added that Copley, in his British years, adopted a painting style distinct from his American work...
...definitely takes courage.” FIDDLER IN THE SQUAREIn 1996, Zhou immigrated to the United States to join his mother and uncle, who were already living in the Boston area. Zhou soon started work at a Chinese restaurant, washing dishes, cutting up vegetables, and unloading trucks. With limited English, this was his only employment option, Zhou says.After work, Zhou would practice the jinghu in his apartment, just as he had done in China. However, Zhou’s new neighbors threatened to call the police. The embattled artist took to practicing outdoors, atop a hill in Boston Common.Three years...
...more I thought I’d really like to try putting together my own show. Ritchie’s directorial debut is Oscar Wilde’s play “Lady Windermere’s Fan,” which she discovered last year in an English class. I felt like I really understood the play, and it stimulated my imagination so much I knew I could do a good job with it. As I was reading the play I thought of a lot of people I knew who would be good in roles. The play centers...