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...still remember the light breeze, the gurgle of flowing water, and that joyful sense of release. Tourists flock to the rock gardens of Ryoanji; I found my Zen behind a great sushi restaurant, against a stunning 12th floor view of southern Kyoto, amidst the hustle and bustle of an underground Starbucks. I refer, of course, to the delights of the sit-down toilet. Only after stumbling every morning to a porcelain bowl in the floor can you understand the genius of Western plumbing. For a month, my brother and I made daily pilgrimages to our favorite sites; they became...
...past eight years. While the economies in other populous developing countries such as India and China roar ahead, crucial foreign investors continue to shun Indonesia due to the threat of terrorism, rampant corruption (a survey conducted last year by Berlin-based watchdog Transparency International ranked Indonesia as the 12th most corrupt country in the world), an often whimsical legal system, high labor costs and an obstructionist bureaucracy poisonous to commerce. Last year, investors pulled $597 million in investment capital out of Indonesia; a net $13.6 billion has fled since...
Reed Bienvenu, a senior, led the Crimson with a 12th-place time...
Harvard returns to action next weekend when it travels to Princeton to compete in the Princeton Invitational. The Crimson participated in the tournament last season for the first time since 1996 and struggled, finishing in a tie for 12th place...
When you're a kid, it's better to be tall than short, right? Not necessarily, according to a study in the journal Pediatrics. Researchers asked nearly 1,000 6th-to 12th-graders in western New York to list their friends, rate the likability of their classmates and pick out peers with particular characteristics, such as "is a good leader." Respondents graded very short teens--those about six inches shorter than average--as being just as well adjusted, well liked, disliked or bullied as their taller peers...