Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...history also shows that Japanese women strongly resented being turned into mindless dolls who could achieve nothing except by yielding gracefully, as the bamboo bends before the gale. There have been few Joan of Arcs or Molly Pitchers in the annals of Japan. Even the brilliant Lady Murasaki, who wrote the famed Tale of Genji early in the 11th century, felt it necessary to conceal her accomplishments. The only heroic-sized woman known to the Japanese is the legendary Empress Jingo, who supposedly conquered Korea in A.D. 200-but Koreans indignantly assert that absence of records proves she never existed...
...marriage of the crown prince and Mi-chiko-san had been arranged. Last week, as that marriage drew near, Michiko Shoda appeared to be approaching her nuptials with the supreme poise of a young woman confident of her worth. On April 10 Michiko and the crown prince, alone except for a Shinto priest, will be married in an "inner sanctuary" of the blue-moated Imperial Palace. There will be no spectators, no witnesses. The priest will wave a sacred branch above their heads to purify them. The crown prince and Michiko will each take nine tiny sips of sake, three...
...extremes, and so, opposed to the pianissimos and silences of Wolff was a gusty piano piece by Frederick Rzewski, a remarkable fortissimo rush of runs, heavy chords and long trills in Rzewski's rather personal style. There is little nontechnical description one can give about such a work, except that it confirmed the impression of force and individuality made by Rzewski's earlier pieces last year. William Wilder's Duo for String Quartet, another example of minimal performance instructions did not quite come off, perhaps because the players did not take full advantage of the near-complete rhythmical freedom they...
...first glance, the varsity fencing team's record seems good enough--seven wins and six losses, possession of the Arvanites Sabre Trophy, and the New England epee champion in the person of Jim Roberts. But, except for a fine upset victory over C.C.N.Y. in early February, the Crimson fared miserably against major opposition, dropping all five Ivy League matches...
...varsity's strongest division this season. Lefthander Phil Charat, Larry Johnson, and Alan Gardner were all valuable assets. Next year's captain Dave Johnson got better as the year wore on, scoring the only Crimson foil victory in the Yale match. The return of this season's regulars, except Trebilcock, and the addition of freshmen Pete Schossberger and Mahlon Wheeler will make foil tough again next year...