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The Female Artisans Honoring, and Reinventing, Japanese Noh Masks

In taking on the male-dominated theatrical craft, contemporary women carvers are changing the face of a centuries-old tradition.

Disco Night at Mar-a-Lago (and Other Tales From Palm Beach’s Private Clubs)

Inside the exclusive dinner clubs in South Florida, where money talks and Donald Trump sometimes plays D.J.

Europe Basks as U.S.-Style Capitalism Draws Fire

A day after Chinese and Russian leaders blamed the U.S. financial system as the source of the crisis, Europeans are taking comfort in what they see as their kinder, gentler version of capitalism.

Fighting Foreclosures, F.D.I.C. Chief Draws Fire
By CHARLES DUHIGG
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chief called for billions in aid for homeowners, angering officials.


LONDON, Jan. 30 -- Hundreds of British energy workers walked off the job Friday to protest the use of foreign labor on British job sites, the latest sign of an increasing backlash against foreign workers amid the global recession.
(By Kevin Sullivan, The Washington Post)


foreign
adjective
1 belonging or connected to a country which is not your own:
Spain was the first foreign country she had visited.
foreign languages
His work provided him with the opportunity for a lot of foreign travel.

2 FORMAL foreign to Something can be described as foreign to a particular person if it is unknown to them or not within their experience:
The whole concept of democracy, she claimed, was utterly foreign to the present government.

3 describes an object or substance which has entered something else, possibly by accident, and does not belong there:
a foreign object/substance
foreign matter

foreigner
noun [C]
a person who comes from another country



draw fire
Encounter criticism, as in His recent article was bound to draw fire. This expression uses the verb draw in the sense of "attract" or "provoke," and transfers fire in the sense of "gunfire" to a somewhat milder attack.

draw fire
Definition: receive criticism or argument
Explanation: Used when speaking about something controversial.
Examples: He drew fire on his remarks about education. - The boss drew fire on his new production schedule.


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China and Taiwan draw fire from Washington