Word: 18th
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...Artists went along for the cruise. Painting had flourished in Japan for centuries, displaying a flair for landscapes and portraiture, plus a charming disregard for perspective (until it was introduced from the West in the early 18th century). Now, though, Japan's painters began to focus instead on portraying pleasure seekers. Elaborate, gold-drenched silken screens and scrolls depicted, for the first time, ordinary Japanese amusing themselves in beauty spots like Mount Fuji or inside a stately home. The exhibition's anonymous Entertainment in a Residence (1640-50) shows people making music, drinking, dancing, playing cards and reading letters amid...
Returning runners who placed well on Friday were Maludzinski—in 18th at 18:21.8—and senior Lindsey Yourman—who finished 26th with a time...
Outside of a group of devoted fans of early music—a genre that encompasses all European musical production between the 15th and 18th centuries—most Bostonians probably fail to realize that they inhabit not only the early music capital of America, but also one of the early music centers of the world. They may have heard of the venerable Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF), but probably don’t realize it is the only early music festival in America, as well as the largest and most elaborate celebration of its kind in the world...
...Championship Eight event proved less successful for the Harvard heavies, who turned in an 18th-place finish. The boat, composed of last year’s first freshman crew, came in behind Princeton, California and Yale, which finished third, fourth and seventh, respectively...
...fair game” and that the point in twice bringing her up was to praise Dick Cheney for his family’s tolerance. The Republican party may cringe at the extended airtime given to the controversial topic, but—as William Safire implied in his Oct. 18th editorial column in the New York Times—that they might have scored the final point on this one: The Democrats’ lip service was decidedly uncouth, and that’s not likely to go over well in those Midwestern swing states. And pro-Kerry activists like...