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...replicas of Michelangelo's David and the Venus de Milo. Corporate Japan's balance sheet has never been stronger, led by Toyota, which just reported a record $3.5 billion profit for the last three months of 2006. At the end of March, Japan's capital will receive a new crown jewel: the 54-story Tokyo Midtown complex in Roppongi, which will feature another new art museum inside the city's tallest skyscraper, topped by a new Ritz-Carlton hotel. You can reserve the top suite for a mere $17,300 a night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Shinzo Abe Find His Way? | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

Following the lone blemish on the Harvard men’s squash team’s 2007 schedule—a 5-4 setback last Wednesday against perennial powerhouse Trinity—the focus shifted towards the team’s next preseason goal of winning the Ivy League crown. But an injury on Saturday left a dark cloud over the Crimson’s title chances entering a road tilt Princeton on Sunday, and the Tigers took advantage, ruining an otherwise clean Harvard conference slate for the second year in a row. Now, the team’s most...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Squash Can't Overcome Princeton | 2/11/2007 | See Source »

Sitting in a “V” formation so that they faced each other rather than the audience, the monks began their performance by silently unwrapping the unassuming white bundles already laid out in front of them, revealing brilliant blue embroidered silks. The silks displayed the crown of the five Buddha families and the other accoutrements of the deity in preparation for The Vajra Master Initiation from the Yamantaka Tantra, the first piece of the evening. They quietly donned the silks and hats, each flank of the “V” formation waiting until...

Author: By Anna K. Barnet, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tibetan Monks Fill Sanders With Spirit | 2/11/2007 | See Source »

...Deerhoof standards. “Friend Opportunity” is by no means a misstep. It’s an easily listenable, fun album, and the band’s signature nervy drums and bipolar blasts of sound can still be found in “Cast off Crown.” But with the expectations attached to a Deerhoof album, it’s hard not to be a little disappointed when even 12-minute sound experiment “Look Away” is nothing more than expected...

Author: By Evan L. Hanlon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Deerhoof, "Friend Opportunity" (Kill Rock Stars/5 Rue Christine) - 3 stars | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...Fair enough, but, with its three halls seating 4,000 people, including some 1,700 in the main auditorium, the Palau is the crown jewel. Calatrava himself described the 40,000-sq-m building as the culmination of 14 years' work. "This project is the most intense, the one I've devoted most time to," he said. "It represents a correlation between spectator, musician and artist." With its ample rehearsal and performance spaces, as well as its fine acoustics (Calatrava brought in his own team to ensure their quality), the Palau holds obvious appeal for any musical performer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Valencia's Big Bet | 2/6/2007 | See Source »

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