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...Revata invited us back to the monastery, a peaceful brick structure where we ended up spending the night. The children gathered at his feet in front of the blackboard, where were written the words "DUTY TASK PERFORM" and several other related concepts. During the lesson, U Revata would read a phrase like, "The dog bit the man's toes" and then the children would chant it back in unison between 25 and 50 times: "Dogbit-man'stoesdogbitman'stoes...
...ever describe adequately the unearthly peace of Pagan and its 2,200 pagodas, and maybe that's why everybody uses the guidebook phrase about "the pagoda-studded plain..." The village has just one paved road, but everywhere you look is a white spire or a crumbling red-brick bell, completely silent but for the occasional children running out from among the weeds calling "Peace! Peace!" and holding up two fingers in a peace sign. That and "Rambo!" seem to be universal...
Come next spring, major exterior renovations will begin, potentially followed by interior renovations, said Sally Zeckhauser, president of HRE. The exterior renovations include repairing the roof, completely cleaning the sandstone and brick walls, and repairing the stained-glass, she said...
...almost as complex architecturally as it is emotionally. For a place not really so old (construction lasted from 1890 to 1935 off and on) and built for quick-and- dirty bureaucratic use, much of the compound is astonishingly lovely. The basic style is French Renaissance revival; the materials are brick, limestone and copper. The hospital, on the south side of the ferry slip, is a particularly pretty beaux-arts jewel...
...back to its Anglo-Saxon heritage. Succeeding in the United States in many ways means assimilation, achieving some ideal of what an American should be, and Harvard is an integral part of that ideal. This University was founded by the original American stock of New England. Its ivy-covered brick walls, wood-panelled rooms and highbrow image are part of the traditional English heritage and elitist manner still maintained in this nation of equals...