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...striking examples of that ancient civilization. Much of the first gallery is dominated by a cavalcade of miniature bronze chariots and horsemen. Painstakingly detailed, with detachable saddles on the horses and mobile wheels on the chariots, they give a sense of the authority of Han rulers at their height at the beginning of the 3rd century. Also of interest from this period are pieces of carved jade, examples of an exacting art form that reached its apogee in the Han era. Jade carving was largely abandoned in the period that followed...
...tend to have more time, taste, and money for education. So no matter how meritocratic the school, most of its student and faculty applicants hail from upper-middle class and wealthy families. Second, no matter how meritocratic the school, current meritocracy rarely questions the social ladder’s height, let alone its existence. Meritocracy simply seeks to ensure free movement up and down the ladder so those most capable rise while those least capable fall...
...think [Dragon] has a lot of height, and she’s a really strong attacker. She definitely beat us around the crease a lot,” co-captain defender Kelly Noon said. “She definitely took advantage of our weakness in the first half...
...Japanese roots. Notwithstanding the attractions of low-cost labor elsewhere, Sony continued to source products in a Japan that had-by virtue of the success of the company and others like it-become one of the most expensive places on the planet to do business. In 1989, at the height of Japan-bashing in the U.S., Morita even co-authored a defiantly nationalistic tome-The Japan That Can Say No-with Shintaro Ishihara, now the governor of Tokyo, who believes that Japan should stand up to Washington both militarily and economically...
...Estimated height of a cloud of steam and ash ejected during last week's partial eruption of Mount St. Helens outside Longview, Washington...