Whether some of the photos are staged is not clear, but if anything it highlights the creative, fun-loving nature of these studious, somewhat overworked scholars.
As Ilya Somin, a respected conservative scholar has explained, President Obama's decision not to deport certain studious and law-abiding youth brought here by their parents is akin to the decision of federal drug officials not to pursue college students who smoke pot in their dorms, and constitutional for the same basic reason.
The film scholar's top documentary of the week, however, has to be Life Itself (Dogwoof, E), a studious, large-spirited examination of the life, work and diligently fought death of Roger Ebert, America's most prominent film critic.
This was attributed to Gia Long's dependence on military officers during the war years, which required him to be blunt and assertive, whereas Minh Mạng grew up dealing with court scholars after the establishment of the Nguyễn Dynasty, and was regarded as a quiet and studious monarch.
People in the music industry, including some executives, have no ready explanation, but Asian-American artists and scholars argue that the racial stereotypes that hobble them as a group — the image of the studious geek, the perception that someone who looks Asian must be a foreigner — clash with the coolness and born-in-the-U.S.A. authenticity required for American pop stardom.
Studious, dedicated, kind.
From a family of wealthy doctors and religious scholars in Cairo – his grandfather was the grand imam of the al-Azhar university, the seat of Sunni learning – Zawahiri was a cheery if studious child, relatives said.
