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...settings are as novelistically vivid as ever. The action is brisk: scenes from the War of 1812 as a curtain rais er; no-quarter combat with pirates in Caribbean and African waters; amphibious derring-do during the Mexican War; for a climax, the Commodore's steaming into Edo Bay and dramatically opening Japan to the West...
...Japanese daimyo, or feudal lord, named Yorishige Matsudaira rode 350 miles southwest from Tokyo (then Edo) to take over the provincial capital city of Takamatsu on the sunny island of Shikoku. To commemorate his arrival, he called in the finest landscape architects in the land and had them build a magnificent garden, known as Ritsurin Koen, or Forest of Chestnut Trees, that even today draws visitors from all over Japan. When they come, they see in flourishing Takamatsu, now a city of 240,000, many another sight to please the eye. For Masanori Kaneko, 60, the local governor, has taken...
...Edo and Enam, the second tale, develops much the same theme. Gemulah, the wife of Gabriel Gamzu, has been transplanted from an ancient land to modern Israel, and begins to wither like a flower torn from the soil. When the moon is full, she speaks in a tongue long dead and sings songs of unearthly beauty-all of this recorded by an unreal, evanescent figure named Ginath...
...Harvard freshman fencers suffered a 22-5 thrashing at Yale's hands, but the bout was closer than the score indicates. Harvard lost 10 of the 27 matches by 5-4 scores. Coach Edo Marion explained the team's 2-6 record, saying that with beginning players it is more important to learn the fundamentals of technique, mechanics and speed before learning to use these elements in a bout...
With the match already decided in the final round. Harvard coach' Edo Marion substituted team manager Jeff Friedman in foil to avenge a similar insult from Yale coach Al Grasson seven years...