In 1895 Taiwan had been ceded “in perpetuity” to Japan by decaying imperial China, in an effort to placate Japanese expansionism. Mr Peng’s father, the fourth generation of the family on the island, was a successful doctor and set great store by academic success.
A Road Trip with David Hockney and Richard Wagner
Hockney has loved driving through the Santa Monica Mountains blaring a Wagner soundtrack. Recently, I retraced his routes.
"I discovered Graphic Design during a break in a Drawing class. I poked my head in the Graphic Design studios and they were silkscreening posters and music was blaring—it seemed so cool."
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In 1989, protesters blared “Ode to Joy” in Tiananmen Square countering the droning music and speeches of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Fighting to Retake Top Olympus Job
Before Michael C. Woodford tried to force other Olympus executives to come clean about a series of deals now at the heart of an accounting scandal, the former chief executive had a reputation for bringing equal fervor to smaller matters.
Sharp Expands Its TV Color Palette
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By SHERYL GAY STOLBERGIn an impassioned speech, President Obama said that it was essential to stand by the country’s basic principles in the fight against terrorism.
Though nearly 50, Yu, who wears his hair short and spiky, looks relatively young. He speaks in emphatic bursts, his face often flushing red, and he is quick to laugh. It was, in fact, his boisterous laugh that almost got him into trouble on the morning of the solemn announcement of Mao’s death. Responding to orders that blared out from loudspeakers, he assembled with hundreds of other students in the main hall of his small-town high school. “Funereal music was played, and then we had to hear the long list of titles that preceded Mao’s name, ‘Chairman,’ ‘Beloved Leader,’ ‘Great helmsman . . . ,’ ” Yu recalled. “Everyone loved Chairman Mao, of course, so when his name was finally announced, everyone burst into tears. I started crying, too, but one person crying is a sad sight; more than a thousand people crying together, the sound echoing, turns into a funny spectacle, so I began to laugh. My body shook with my effort to control my laughter while I bent over the chair in front of me. The class leader later told me, admiringly, ‘Yu Hua, you were crying so fervently!’ ”
NPR.org, April 23, 2008 - One of American music's greatest innovators, Charles Mingus was a powerful bass player, an accomplished bandleader and an extraordinarily inventive composer. The ever-impassioned Mingus was a prolific writer of intricate, highly personal music which greatly expanded the palette of jazz. And in leading dozens of his own groups, he brought a fiery virtuosity to hundreds of original compositions.
cede
/siːd/
verb
- give up (power or territory).
blare
blɛː/
verb
adverb
continually:
Manchester United's record in cup competitions grows ever more impressive.
The ever-increasing demand for private cars could be halted by more investment in public transport.
nuclear devastation was an ever-present threat
After nine years in Cambridge, Susannah and Guy moved to Watlington, where they lived happily ever after.
| funereal | (adjective) Suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial. |
| Synonyms: | sepulchral |
| Usage: | The bed and chamber were so funereal and gloomy, you might have fancied, not only that Lady Crawley died in the room, but that her ghost inhabited it. |
impassioned
(ĭm-păsh'ənd)
adj.Filled with passion; fervent: an impassioned plea for justice.
palette
noun
1 [C] a thin board with curved edges and a hole for your thumb, used by an artist to mix their paints on while they are painting
2 [C usually singular] SPECIALIZED the range of colours that an artist usually paints with:
Matisse's palette typically consists of bright blues, greens and oranges.
a hail of sth, spindly leaves etched in fiery detail
fervent
adjective (ALSO fervid) FORMAL
describes beliefs that are strongly and sincerely felt or people who have strong and sincere beliefs:
a fervent supporter of the communist party
It is his fervent hope that a peaceful solution will soon be found.
fervently
adverb FORMAL
The nationalists believe fervently in independence for their country.
fervour UK, US fervor
noun [U] (FORMAL fervency) FORMAL
nationalist/religious fervour(fûr'vər)
n.
- Great warmth and intensity of emotion. See synonyms at passion.
- Intense heat.
[Middle English fervour, from Old French, from Latin fervor, from fervēre, to boil.]
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