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Ranging in dimensions approximately equal to a sheet of letter paper to pocket-size, smaller daguerreotypes were housed in ornate keep-safe folders that are almost as compelling as the images themselves. In this form, the plates were passed down as heirlooms from generation to generation imbuing each daguerreotype with a unique aura. On that historical bent, daguerreotypes also presented the first opportunity for artists to capture the world in concrete faithful representation, and in a fit of nostalgia, a handful of American artists have founded a daguerreotypy renaissance over the past few years...
...Tansy learns the rules of the new Asia soon enough: do not accept drugs from men on strange motorcycles unless they're offering cocaine; do hook up as soon as possible with whatever group is desperate enough to accept you. And she starts down the backpacking trail with equal measures of complaint and courage. Her journey is prosaic in the extreme, filled with hearty Aussie backpackers, haughty French, outwardly friendly but inscrutable native guides, beachside bars in Cambodia, beachside bars in Thailand, etc. Although Tansy enjoys it, the strongest sensation the reader is likely to get from her trip...
...Championships, which Harvard will host from Feb. 21-23, will be the only time this season that the top teams in the league get to square off on equal footing, with each team’s athletes fully rested, tapered and shaved down...
...University will also establish a parity wage and benefits policy by March 31, requiring contractors to pay wages and benefits at least equal to those paid to unionized Harvard employees...
...biased toward the exploits of Westerners. Now, Tenzing Norgay and the Sherpas of Everest by Tashi Tenzing (McGraw-Hill; 294 pages), grandson of Tenzing Norgay, gives a face to the Sherpa heroes, representatives of "a people whose loyalty and personal integrity have earned them a reputation worldwide to equal that of the great mountain, beneath which they dwell." Many of these so-called tigers of the snow paid the ultimate price: by 1990, 43 of Everest's 115 fatalities were Sherpas...