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...entrepreneurs, showbusiness celebrities or sports stars; few are corporate executives. One factor working against Rolls-Royce in the West is a growing tendency among the wealthy to be less ostentatious, Rhys says. But showing off one's megabucks is culturally acceptable in China, he adds. That helps explain why China is now Rolls' third largest and fastest-growing market, accounting for 10% of sales. (The U.S. still accounts for 45%.) It was a Beijing property developer who last year paid a record $2.3 million for a superstretch Phantom...
...spirit of ethnic cohesion and preservation, especially among the most recent arrivals who want to reside close to people of similar backgrounds. Asian soft culture is even infiltrating the American fabric in turn, one greasy Chinese take-out restaurant at a time. However, ethnic enclaves and organizations do not explain why white, American culture has quite so much influence in shaping the values and thoughts of subsequent Asian immigration generations...
...explain that I couldn’t comment on personnel matters,” Jehn wrote to The Crimson. “It’s certainly a difficult situation, one that I can imagine is frustrating for people in our program who understandably want to know what happened...
...students “who also happen to be Millenials.” HUDS suggests the new screens will improve sustainability by reducing paper and ink use, but that calculation neglects the energy costs involved in running (and manufacturing) the screens and kiosks—and fails to explain why menu cards, table tents, and other paper labels are still in use. Even so, student outcry over the purchase is a little misplaced. Claims that funds ought to have gone towards expanded dining hours instead of spiffy new hardware grossly underestimate the difference between the two expenditures. Between serving...
...white players. That has sparked passionate debate over whether rugby's national squads should replicate the socio-ethnic demographics of the societies they represent. A laudable goal for all nations on earth, perhaps, but one that would make those four New Zealanders playing for Japan a little tough to explain...