Word: ais
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...artifacts repatriated this week to Kabul's National Museum after being collected and preserved by a group of exiles in Europe 2,300 Age, in years, of one of the collection's most treasured items: a foundation stone laid by Alexander the Great when he built the city of Ai-Khanoum, in northeastern Afghanistan, in the 4th century...
...months later, none of it has materialized. I sought port but got Powerade. The extracurricular fair was especially Kafkaesque. What’s this “Bah’ai,” for example? When will the Veritones get around to singing “God Save the Queen”? Why am I the only one wearing jodhpurs? Harvard was hardly the sheltered time capsule I wanted—needed?...
...shocked" that Nhat Hanh is willing to work with his co-religionists' oppressors. "I believe Thich Nhat Hanh's trip is manipulated by the Hanoi government to hide its repression of the Unified Buddhist Church and create a false impression of religious freedom in Vietnam," said Vo Van Ai, a Paris-based spokesman for the UBCV. About the Requiem plans, Ai said pointedly, "I think it is time to think about the living, not only the dead...
...worst of these stereotypes is the character of Ai Swallow, a female Japanese wannabe Samurai played by David J. Andersson ’09. He does what he can, but at some point the sword twirling, cries of “Samurai Chop,” and bowing add up to a critical mass. His duet with romantic interest Will U. Bullowme (David W. Ingber ’07) is the show’s low point...
...audience wants to leave satisfied—not challenged—and where every joke has the same goal: to make some portion of the audience chuckle. There’s no discernable difference between puns on someone’s “cannon-BALLS” and Ai Swallow’s mixed up r’s and l’s. And when neither joke is particularly funny, things start to get uncomfortable...