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...century Japan, a period after the Tale of Genji was produced when dominant scholarship holds that women were not as influential as they had been in the 15th century. By studying paintings called Hakubyo—literally “white lines,” for the negative space around the ink of the illustrations—McCormick said she is “trying to show that that is not the case and that women had continued to compose narratives and poetry.” Last year, when Harvard’s endowment plunged, Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...promoting existing family-planning products," says Strong. "Why should we divert attention from pills, IUDs and male condoms to what's really a niche market? It can be nice to go off on a new pilot when old things aren't working very well, rather than sticking around and trying to make them work...
...worst economic crisis in Japan's postwar history. An unprecedented 14 million votes were cast in advance of Sunday's election, accounting for about 13% of all eligible voters. And voter turnout is expected to reach 70% - the highest in nearly 20 years. As exit polls came out around the nation, television media tended to focus on which LDP candidates lost - marking LDP incumbents with red batsu or Xs - rather than focus on the DPJ winners, reflecting a widely held belief that Sunday's landslide win is less a vote of confidence in the DPJ's ability to effect change...
...story told around Arlington National Cemetery holds that John F. Kennedy paid a visit sometime close to Veterans Day in 1963. As he stood near the mansion that once was home to Robert E. Lee, taking in the sweeping view of the Potomac River down below and the National Mall rolling out toward the distant Capitol, he remarked, "I could stay here forever." (Read TIME's memorial coverage: "Gathering to Pay Last Respects...
...concerned, we still have a senior Senator, and we have to celebrate his life," Kerry says a few minutes later backstage at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, where his friend and mentor is lying in repose. Dozens of Kennedy relatives mill around, and Kerry greets them all. "What's changed is Teddy's lying in there. There's a moment here where the mission gets larger. And I've got to step up, and we're going to have to do our best to meet the challenge." (See pictures of the mourning of Ted Kennedy...