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...anthology of poems: the Hyakunin Isshu (one hundred people, one poem each), also known as the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. For more than seven centuries, these poems have resonated with countless readers. They have also acted as a dynamo of cultural creation - driving later poets to reach for the poetic gold standard they established and propelling generations of visual artists to set down in myriad mediums the arresting images they contain. The poems have penetrated the culture so deeply that some Japanese still play a centuries-old card game (karuta) based on them...
...common heart beating forever into the dawn. For a while, New Orleans did feel like a part of America that was thriving. My friends and I relished the sweeping white columns of St. Louis Cathedral—a church flooded during Hurricane Katrina, but now glowing white and gold. In the French Quarter, we browsed souvenir shops, sampled pralines, and listened to a jazz band perform in an outdoor cafe. But after delighting in the bustle of the French Quarter, we saw another part of New Orleans that didn’t look like America at all?...
...Scandinavian side. Sure enough, meeting rooms are furnished with wooden floors, sleek tables and angular armchairs; there's even a breathtaking view of the Oslo Fjord. But look closer. The small silver plates and golden sculpted boats in one such room are from Bangladesh; the green-and-gold tea set, with its five matching cups, from Thailand. And the black-and-gold rug hanging on a wall is among the finest you would find anywhere in Pakistan...
...archrival Princeton this weekend.The Crimson swept all four early morning races on the Charles River, but no victory was sweeter than the varsity’s 0.5-second thriller against the visiting Tigers. The two programs have won the last seven consecutive Eastern Sprints championships, with Harvard earning five gold medals and Princeton claiming two. The Tigers bested Harvard at the San Diego Crew Classic two weeks ago, but the Crimson’s Saturday sweep helped Harvard retain the Compton Cup for the second straight year and the sixth time in seven seasons.“It has been...
...have left us wanting more excitement,” the characters sing in the opening scene, expressing a sentiment with which many students trapped between papers and midterms can identify. The musical’s book, co-written by Jacqueline P. Palumbo ’11 and Adam R. Gold ’11, who is also a Crimson editorial writer, was part of a production composed by and put together entirely by freshmen. From its start, the plot is carried by its zany characters, such as capital venturist Dolores B. Sciencecenter (Emily B. Hecht...