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...been built or renovated since 2000. Other cities are also being transformed. In the seaside town of Quanzhou in Fujian province, where Nestorian Christians and Manicheans practiced their faiths during the Silk Road's heyday, one of the city's oldest clans, the Wangs, built a shrine in the 11th century to honor their family. But the sanctuary was converted into a stable during the Cultural Revolution. Today, it has been rebuilt with more than $100,000 in donations from a vast diaspora of Wangs all over the world, who want a place to venerate their ancestors. "My parents worshipped...
TEEN VULCAN? Get your polyester jumpsuits out of storage! Star Trek is not gone; it's just a little off orbit. Paramount announced the 11th Trek movie, to be directed by Mission: Impossible III tyro J.J. Abrams. And--you may want to sit down for this--Spock and Kirk are back. The film will center on the Starfleet Academy days of the duo, originally played by William Shatner and LEONARD NIMOY. The starship looked set for scrap after the 10th film and sixth TV series were busts. But don't line up for tickets yet. It's not due until...
Dylan Reese was named the 11th captain of Harvard hockey at the team’s annual end-of-season banquet at the Harvard Club Saturday. The junior from Pittsburgh is the fourth consecutive defenseman to earn the ‘C,’ and he takes the reins from 2005-2006 captain Peter Hafner. Hafner and junior forward Steve Mandes split the Ralph “Cooney” Weiland award for devotion and spirited play, while sophomores Paul Dufault and J.D. McCabe, a forward and a blueliner respectively, split the Donald Angier award for improvement. Defenseman Brian...
...their final tune-up before the Ivy League Championships next weekend, the Crimson men’s golf team turned in its best performance of the short spring season. Harvard finished in a tie for 11th in Providence, R.I. at the New England Division I championships, behind the eventual winner of the tourney, Binghamton. The two-day total of 611 came on the strength of two consistent rounds of 305 and 306. “We now have the younger guys playing better,” senior Tom Hegge said. “Mike [Shore] played well both days, John...
...radicals don't listen... But our attempt is to try to explore the same values, send messages, and make them known to other people. Some mischievous people always remain. Doesn't matter. It's a mistake to generalize the behavior of a few individuals to the whole tradition. Since 11th of September, some Muslims really carry some violence, including terrorism. This should not be considered representative of the whole Muslim faith. A few mischievous individuals are everywhere, among the Hindus, among the Christians, among the Muslims, among the Buddhists...