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...DIED. LIN WANG, 86, the world's oldest elephant, which was honored by the Japanese government for carrying canons and supplies for the Japanese army in Burma during World War II; in Taipei. Lin Wang had been in poor spirits since Ma Lan, his companion, died last October...
Potatoes and tomatoes, both rare in mainstream Chinese restaurants, are common in a multitude of dishes at the Tea House. “Potatoes are used in Chinese cooking,” explains Chenwei Wu ’06, my other companion, who is well versed in Chinese home cooking. “But they are used so often that they are considered part of the common man’s food. Restaurants are expected to serve fancier dishes. The food here is much more like what we eat at home...
Written by Mailer, who after a half-century at the heart of American culture is perhaps more myth than man, the book is a timely spiritual autobiography and a fitting companion-piece to his recent retrospective The Time of Our Time...
Random House loved Pearl’s idea, and did in fact publish the companion, with a preface written by Pearl and an introduction by Pertile...
...also proved to be a huge undertaking. After reading the many versions of translations published during Longfellow’s life, Pearl chose the 1867 edition since it was the same text of the Inferno that the first Americans reading Dante would have seen. A large portion of the companion book is Longfellow’s notes, which serve as crucial guideposts throughout the text...