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...dragging tail ("The long tail/ of the copper pheasant") to evoke the wistfulness of a long, lonely night. The elderly Mrs. Ueda picked up without hesitation on the third line - "drags on and on" - and ended the poem with a smile. In the moment that followed, we both felt the echo of words that nimbly and delightfully spanned generations, cultures and centuries, and understood exactly why the Hyakunin Isshu is so enduring. Fujiwara no Teika may have shown the world a gruff, ill-natured and unlovely face, but no ogre had a heart more sentimental or more delicate...
...opposing the U.S. over Iraq, France was too direct: undeniably right in content, but probably wrong in style. Americans, deeply wounded by the shock of 9/11, felt betrayed by their old and passionately difficult ally. Today, in contrast, France's positions toward China draw offense through their very lack of clarity. The murkiness reflects France's contradictions and renders France - the first Western country to open a dialogue with communist China in the early '60s - particularly vulnerable to China's pressures. Nicolas Sarkozy, France's new President, seems caught between his desire to show that he is not the prisoner...
...well. Catty competition à la “Bring It On” does not occur in the real world of college cheerleading; team members say that, in general, the competition is friendly. Now that Harvard’s cheerleading team’s presence is being felt, Capasso says she hopes to open new doors for an entire segment of the student-athlete population. FM hopes this means we’ll be seeing our very own president with pompoms at the next football game...
...Protopapas said that though the situation is “not dire,” many researchers have felt frustration with the unresponsiveness of the Hyman’s office to the IIC’s budgetary concerns...
...afternoon was a little rough. Clear skies and warm weather is nice, but the actual racing conditions were a bit tough.” Larsen-Strecker said. “It was a challenge for all the crews, but since it was our race course we felt we had the advantage. We’ve been rowing in a lot of difficult water over the past few weeks.”Making something of a turnaround from last week’s uncharacteristic performance, the novice eight won both of its races, scorching Texas, Dartmouth, Notre Dame and Syracuse...