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Gao Xingjian

(Encyclopedia) Gao XingjianGao Xingjiangouˈ shĭingˈjyänˈ [key], 1940–, Chinese-French novelist and playwright, b. Ganzhou. He earned (1962) a degree in French in Beijing and embarked upon a literary…

2000 Nobel Prize Winners

Peace: Kim Dae Jung, president of South Korea, was cited “for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North…

The Prospect/FP Top 100 Public Intellectuals

Who are the world's leading public intellectuals? The October 2005 cover of Prospect Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect magazine selected their top 100, and invited readers to vote…

Nobel Prize for Literature

The Most Famous Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize for Literature, one of the six international awards administered by the Nobel Foundation, honors outstanding achievement in letters. The estate…

signing statement

(Encyclopedia) signing statement, written comment issued by the executive of a government when signing a bill into law. In the United States, such statements have traditionally been comparatively…

Writers

  Achebe, Rousseau, Yourcenar, and more A-B | C | D-F | G-H | I-L | M-N | O-P | R-S | T-Z   Achebe, Chinua Adams, Henry Addison, Joseph Aesop Agee, James Agnon, S. Y. Alcott,…

2000 Women's Olympic Shooting Medalists

25m Sport Pistol: 1. Maria Grozdeva, BUL (690.3 pts) OR; 2. Tao Luna, CHN (689.8); 3. Lolita Evglevskaya, BLR (686.0). 10m Air Pistol: 1. Tao Luna, CHN (488.2 pts); 2. Jasna Sekaric, YUG (486.5); 3…

2004 Badminton

MENEvent SinglesTaufik Hidayat, INA Seung Mo Shon, KOR Soni Dwi Kuncoro, INADoublesKim / Ha, S. Kor. Lee / Yoo, S. Kor. Hian / Limpele, INAWOMENEvent SinglesNing Zhang, CHN Mia Audina, NED…

So Far so Good

Women's World Cup final pits U.S. against China by Gerry Brown The third Women's World Cup has been everything that organizers could have hoped for. Record crowds have packed stadiums around the…

Women's Olympic Diving

Multiple gold medals: Pat McCormick and Fu Mingxia, Wu Minxia CHN (4); Ingrid Engel-Krämer (3); Vicki Draves, Dorothy Poynton Hill, Guo Jingjing, Gao Min, and Chen Ruolin CHN (2).…