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...light and shadow, focal point and perspective. The Jesuits brought art and science to the Qing court, but didn't make many converts. The curators have brilliantly juxtaposed many of the items in the show. A sedan chair used by Qianlong is placed before an enormous painting, Imperial Banquet in the Garden of Ten Thousand Trees, in which a similar chair, borne by 16 eunuchs, ferries Qianlong to a celebration with Torghut Mongols who kneel before him. A circle framing the portrait of Qianlong writing calligraphy on an enormous banana leaf is echoed in an intricate jade carving...
...true capital: Valencia. The medieval poor of this southern Spanish city were apparently the first to hit upon the idea of adding scavenged morsels of meat and vegetables to rice as a way of enlivening an otherwise meager diet - and the paella was born. Servants would take banquet scraps home, and farm laborers would search the fields for bits of vegetables and small game, with all of it ending up in the flat-bottomed pans that are still used to make paella today. These peasant origins are the reason that true paella can contain everything from snails to rabbit...
...true capital: Valencia. The medieval poor of this southern Spanish city were apparently the first to hit upon the idea of adding scavenged morsels of meat and vegetables to rice as a way of enlivening an otherwise meager diet-and the paella was born. Servants would take banquet scraps home, and farm laborers would search the fields for bits of vegetables and small game, with all of it ending up in the flat-bottomed pans that are still used to make paella today. These peasant origins are the reason that true paella can contain everything from snails to rabbit...
...University going forward.”Rabia G. Mir ’07, who has met with Summers to discuss Harvard’s response to disasters, said that the University has already promised $5,000 to the group of student organizations that held an earthquake relief banquet at Kirkland House on Oct. 29.“I appreciate how responsive the University has been, although I wished this happened a little sooner,” she said.The organizations will also host an inter-faith remembrance service and vigil on Wednesday to solicit more donations, and Mir said that...
...passing lines and our two middle players, Devon Shapiro and Francine Polet, did a great job of keeping everything organized for us.” Harvard finishes the 2005 campaign with a disappointing sub-.500 overall record and sub-.500 league mark. The team will hold an awards banquet in December to cap off the year, honor this year’s seniors, and reveal the captains who will lead the 2006 edition of Harvard field hockey. Princeton won the Ancient Eight with a perfect 7-0 mark...