Word: ami
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Which is not to say that the Edo period lacked individual artists who were seen, then and now, as stars. Its core achievement, in painting, was the allusive and delicate work of the so-called Rimpa artists: Tawaraya Sotatsu and Hon'ami Koetsu in the 17th century, and later the brothers Ogata Korin and Ogata Kenzan, Sakai Hoitsu and others. The show abounds in their work, especially the large folding screens that were Japan's closest equivalent to Western murals. Hoitsu (1761-1828) is represented by one of his finest screens, Flowers and Grasses of Summer and Autumn, in which...
...glad the guy was caught. I hope he goes to jail for a long time-maybe one or two or three years." --Ami Reader, 8, on hearing that the individual suspected of stealing $30 from her and her sister's lemonade stand was caught...
...constituency and position himself for the next general election, which is scheduled for 2000 but could be called as soon as Labor can secure a majority vote in the Knesset. One way to do that could be recruiting one of his primary opponents, former ambassador to Spain Shlomo Ben-Ami, who claims to have support among the Sephardim, or Middle Eastern Jews, who have traditionally leaned toward Likud. Considering Netanyahu's hair's-width victory over Peres in 1996 and the Prime Minister's damaged reputation among Israel's moderates, a few such inroads may be all Barak needs...
...Some of [the demands] were just ridiculous," said Ami S. Sandler, a sophomore at U.C. Riverside. "They wanted separate majors for minorities and a 25 percent reduction in fees...
...called into question by no less than Netanyahu's Defense Minister, Yitzhak Mordechai, a retired general who allowed that he couldn't say "with finality that...all considerations were taken into account." The army chief of staff, Lieut. General Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, said he had not been consulted. And Ami Ayalon, head of the Shin Bet, Israel's internal intelligence agency, said his recommendation that the opening be paired with a concession to the Palestinians was ignored...