A Celestial Ambience 劫后余生：巴黎圣母院 As a testament to the correlation between glorious spaces and heavenly thoughts, the Notre Dame de Paris has stood for 750 years as the apex of European religious architecture. Seeking to liberate t...
The Catcher in the Rye 麦田守望者 Banned by many schools and libraries when first published in 1951, The Catcher in the Rye has been courting controversy for half a century. J.D. Salingers soul-searching novel of youthful alienation has long sin...
All for One and One for All 共同基金大不同 Financial investment is a game of risks and rewards, the object being to minimize the former and maximize the latter. Concentrating investment capital carries the greatest potential for high dividends...
Not Merely Music: The Phenomenon of Hip-Hop 所向披靡嘻哈风 It seems that hip-hop music is ubiquitous1 these days, from popular radio to TV commercials. Whatever your opinion of hip-hop music may be, there is no denying it has impacted pop cult...
From Hell (I) 地狱追魂帖 In the autumn of 1888, in Londons sordid Whitechapel district, one name evoked terror and trepidation1 more than any other: Jack the Ripper. Never identified, Jack the Ripper was a man who, over a four-month period, was...
Gay Youth: The Straight Facts 少年同志：成长荆棘路 For most people, adolescence is a difficult time of life filled with pressure from peers, parents, and school. For gay, lesbian, and bisexual teens, however, the stress of this period multi...
Tradition Facing Forward 国油双峰塔：亚洲出头天！ With pinnacles ascending 452 meters above Kuala Lumpur, the Petronas Twin Towers have a slender elegance reminiscent1 of the graceful spires2 of Muslim temples. The Islamic influence exten...
The Ups and Downs of Katherine Graham 奋斗与坚持：报业女巨人的一生 It could safely be said of Katherine Graham that few women had a greater influence on 20th-century American history. When she died last year at the age of 84, people fro...
All That Jazz 爵代风华 You may have heard of Kenny G, but what do you really know about jazz? Jazz is a genuinely American art form that has blossomed into a worldwide phenomenon. It is certainly much more than mere background music. Jazz comes i...
For the Love of Chocolate! 浓情巧克力 Most people know that chocolate is made from cocoa and that the origins of chocolate can be traced back to Central and South America. For centuries, the natives there regarded cocoa as a gift from the gods....
AN INTRODUCTION TO FRANCHISING 开间专卖店 Back in 1954, Ray Kroc was already in his 50s when he persuaded the McDonald brothers to let him be responsible for a franchising operation. He expanded their clean, efficient, assembly-line style of mar...
Bad Things Come in Small Packages 拆信小心！ While most armies in the world shun their use, and military authorities exclude them from warfare, the technology to produce biological and chemical weapons is widely available. Moreover, these weapon...
La Sagrada Familia:The Unfinished Dream 圣家堂：未完的绮梦 By day, it rises up from Barcelona like an art nouveau dream. By night, it looms over the city like a Gothic nightmare. Whether it is seen by day or by night, visitors are always imp...
冬季奥运蓄势待发 When the Olympic Flame arrives in Salt Lake City, Utah, to inaugurate the 2002 Winter Games, it will have traveled roughly 22,500 kilometers through more than 40 states. For many people in Salt Lake City, though, the most dif...
爱到最高点，心中无国界 Although people of different ethnicities have been mixing for centuries, the subject of interracial relationships is still controversial. Even now, mixed couples face many obstacles, including laws restricting interr...
