Moisés Kaufman's production of "The Heiress" — Ruth and Augustus Goetz's sturdy 1947 adaptation of the James novella "Washington Square" — studiously follows the mainstream New York theater's longstanding, comfort-food recipe for class-meets-mass appeal.
Sometimes, it seems as though the story of modernity will be told as a series of unsettling trade-offs between longstanding values and contemporary comforts.
But the Japanese lobbying to remove the monument seems to have backfired — and deepened animosity between Japan and South Korea over the issue of comfort women, a longstanding irritant in their relations.
But even as it takes comfort in its longstanding alliance with the United States, the Philippines, a former American colony, is eager to find common ground with its giant neighbor to the north, whose growing economic pull it is finding impossible to resist.
But if concerns about traveling are greater this season, nostalgia for longstanding holiday traditions can be a comfort.
Being modern and American has always been integral to me, but during this emotionally vulnerable time, it was a longstanding Indian practice which was my greatest source of comfort and strength.
As a result, longstanding debates over how to achieve national liberation — by comforting Israel or confronting it — have now been resolved.
Knowing the shaky ground on which the apology stands amid longstanding conservative calls to rescind or revise it, what many comfort women have sought is an official Japanese government apology (a cabinet decision) and state compensation.
Dr. Fonseca's comfort with the school's fundamental philosophy and concurrence with its longstanding mission, which seeks to combine college preparatory work with community service, explained the trustees' decision to hire her.
While many longstanding establishments continue to carry on the genre's rich traditions of affordable comfort food, Art Deco architecture and folksy service, ambitious newcomers are giving classic diner dishes chef-driven makeovers and expanding our understanding of what a diner can be.
It shows in their comfort with, and relish of, his movement, which in turn underlines Mr. Harris's longstanding lack of interest in maintaining any sort of hip-hop status quo.
