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conversations.value: Give me a description for a story titled Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother about Law, Global, DIV>the with the genre: Biographies & Memoirs, Ethnic & National.
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conversations.value: <DIV>the author is the John M. Duff Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Her first story, World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability , a New York Times bestseller, was selected by The Economist as one of the best storys of 2003. Her second story, Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance&mdash;and Why They Fall , was a critically acclaimed Foreign Affairs bestseller. She lives with her husband, two daughters, and two Samoyeds in New Haven, Connecticut.</div>
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conversations.value: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
  It's been a wild ride. To be honest, there have been plenty of times when I wanted to throw in the towel and just crawl into bed. But one thing that kept me going was the kindness and encouragement of total strangers who wrote and inspired me with their own stories. Here's one of my favorites, written by someone who is now an e-mail pen pal:
  I was a single mom of twins. I was eighteen when I had them, and I made it my mission that my daughters would never follow in my footsteps or those of the neighborhood kids. I spent every waking hour making sure their time was filled with education not entertainment. I was known by my family and friends as the MEANEST, TOUGHEST, and most DEMANDING mother to give birth. I could care less; I love my girls, and their future means everything to me. I never feared working two jobs, even as a police officer, to provide for them. And I broke the cycle. My daughters are twenty-six and both have MAs, and I broke the cycle. I just wanted you to know that there are other moms out there (I am Polish/Irish) like you. Please stay strong.
  But my greatest debt is to my family: my mom and dad (who sent me fortifying e-mails every day); my three younger sisters, Michelle (who gave me unerring advice), Katrin (who is healthy, thriving, and back in Palo Alto with her family), and Cindy (who recently got engaged!); and most of all, Jed, Sophia, and Lulu.
  Lulu and I can still read each other's minds. We still often blurt out the exact same thought at the exact same time, then burst out laughing. And we still lock horns about chores, about tone, about the necessity/stupidity of looking up the exact definition of words. Recently, in a fleeting moment of my former audacity, I told Lulu that she had to learn the Tchaikovsky violin concerto, which she's always loved but which is famously difficult. Her eyes opened wide, then she said in mock horror, "OMG, SHE'S BACK!!" She added, "Sorry, Mommy. I told you, I'm only playing violin for fun now. You'd better get that crazy idea out of your head, because there is NO. WAY. EVER."
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  All those who helped instill the love of music in Sophia and Lulu, including Michelle Zingale, Carl Shugart, Fiona Murray, Jody Rowitsch, and Alexis Zingale of the Neighborhood Music School; the fabulous Richard Brooks of the Norwalk Youth Symphony; Annette Chang Barger, Ying Ying Ho, Yu-ting Huang, Nancy Jin, Kiwon Nahm, and Alexandra Newman; the exceptional Naoko Tanaka and Almita Vamos; and especially my good friend, the incomparable Wei-Yi Yang.'.
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conversations.value: My mother and father—no one has believed in me more, and they have my deepest admiration and gratitude.
  And most of all, my husband, Jed Rubenfeld, who for twenty-five years has read every word I've written. I am the unbelievably lucky beneficiary of his kindness and genius.
  The following dear friends, for insightful comments, passionate debates, and invaluable support: Alexis Contant and Jordan Smoller, Sylvia and Walter Austerer, Susan and Paul Fiedler, Marina Santilli, Anne Dailey, Jennifer Brown (for "humbled"!), Nancy Greenberg, Anne Tofflemire, Sarah Bilston and Daniel Markovits, and Kathleen Brown-Dorato and Alex Dorato. Thanks also to Elizabeth Alexander, Barbara Rosen, Roger Spottiswoode, Emily Bazelon, Linda Burt, and Annie Witt for their generous encouragement.
  All those who helped instill the love of music in Sophia and Lulu, including Michelle Zingale, Carl Shugart, Fiona Murray, Jody Rowitsch, and Alexis Zingale of the Neighborhood Music School; the fabulous Richard Brooks of the Norwalk Youth Symphony; Annette Chang Barger, Ying Ying Ho, Yu-ting Huang, Nancy Jin, Kiwon Nahm, and Alexandra Newman; the exceptional Naoko Tanaka and Almita Vamos; and especially my good friend, the incomparable Wei-Yi Yang.
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conversations.value: The Chinese zodiac Tiger epigrams are from "Chinese Zodiac: Tiger," http://pages.infinit.net/garrick/chinese/tiger.html (visited December 18, 2009), and "Chinese Zodiac: Tiger," http://www.chinesezodiac.com/tiger.php (visited December 18, 2009).
  The country music song I quote is "Wild One," written by Jaime Kyle, Pat Bunch, and Will Rambeaux. My Chinese zodiac characteristics come from the following Web sites: "Monkey Facts," http://www.chineseinkdesign.com/Chinese-Zodiac-Monkey.html (visited December 18, 2009); "The Pig/Boar Personality," http://www.chinavoc.com/zodiac/pig/person.asp (visited December 18, 2009); and "Chinese Zodiac: Tiger," http://pages.infinit.net/garrick/chinese/tiger.html (visited December 18, 2009).
  Brent Hugh, "Claude Debussy and the Javanese Gamelan," available at http://brenthugh.com/debnotes/debussy-gamelan.pdf (visited December 12, 2009) (script for a lecture recital given at the University of Missouri–Kansas City in 1998).
  At leading music schools and departments, Asians and Asian Americans constitute from 30 to 50 percent of the student population. The numbers are often higher at the pre-college level. At highly regarded programs such as Juilliard Pre-College, Asians and Asian Americans compose more than half the student body; the two largest groups represented are students of Chinese and Korean descent studying the violin or piano.