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...true that our forebears could never agree when the cycle should begin. The ancient Egyptians celebrated the new year as the Nile rose at the end of August. The Incans picked the year's shortest day (June 21 in the southern hemisphere), while Chinese New Year usually falls on the day of the second new moon after the winter solstice. It was Pope Gregory in 1582 who finally settled on Jan. 1 for Europeans. But wherever it lands, it serves its purpose: the past falling away, its demons chased out by bells and whistles and drums, a new year born...
Third-place Dartmouth (has a funny ring to it, huh?) has three wins, all against mediocre Ivy teams at home. Only one of those ingredients is in place for the Big Green mañana. Check it: the Ancient Eight has a combined 22-11 home record this year. In league contests, the advantage is even more pronounced—the host has won 15 of 20. Three of those five losses belong to Columbia and another one came in overtime. So while Dartmouth’s surprising season, including a 59-point outburst versus Cornell last weekend, has been...
...like stepping back into the colonial era, and some of the equipment in use is not that much newer. My neighborhood barber gives me a straight-blade shave, proceeded by several rounds of ointments and creams, and then a full facial and head massages with some sort of ancient vibrating contraption that looks like a Thomas Edison prototype. I don't know what that thing is, but it keeps me going back...
...Brooklyn Museum Here are a wealth of items based on indigenous art from the Americas, as well as the art of Japan, China and Ancient Egypt. Prices go from $15 for a silver-effect Peruvian bird pin - modeled on a motif found on a pre-Columbian tunic from Peru's central coast - to $2,500 for a one-of-a-kind Native American sterling silver and green turquoise necklace featuring a pendant called a naja, the Navajo word for crescent...
...terms of being comfortable with each other and comfortable with the offense.” The comfort that the Crimson found proved to be impossible to stop. Harvard went 13-1 in Ivy League play, only sustaining one loss to Yale. Harvard’s solid play in the Ancient Eight earned it the No. 15 spot in the Dayton bracket of the NCAA tournament. In first-round play, the Crimson was matched up against Maryland, the defending champions. Harvard fought hard, but in the end it couldn’t keep up with the Terrapins and lost...