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...tumult of war that caused the economic collapse of this mercantile society. The community's assets were requisitioned by the British at the start of World War II to service the war effort in East Asia, crippling the Nagarathars at the height of their affluence. They returned home, but abandoned their properties, preferring to relocate to India's heaving cities to rebuild their fortunes. Today, unable or unwilling to maintain their former family seats, many descendants are taking the buildings apart and selling the spoils. The antique shops of Chettinad's biggest town, Karaikudi, are full of them?and they...
...Shanghai's Bund gazing across the river at the buildings in Pudong. We can't see the people's faces, but their posture suggests they have been standing there a long time, contemplating the sight of Shanghai's biggest tourist attraction, a shiny visual shorthand for national ambitions: height, wealth, modernity, progress. Yet in Delano's picture, the towers appear faint and far away. They don't scrape the sky so much as leach into it. Maybe they're about to come into focus, maybe they'll fade out completely. We can't tell which...
...Quickness in the guard spot and power and height inside is better for us, actually,” Delaney-Smith says. “We had no one who actually liked the low post [last year]. You can’t pound these kids. Where they’re not finishing yet, they will finish because they’re powerful, they shield better, [and] they like to bump...
...Emma has to transition to the Division-I game where there is more height than she is used to,” Delaney-Smith says. “If we can get her the ball where she wants it, there’s no one—I don’t care if it’s double or triple teams—that stops...
...Niki is a freshman who isn’t playing like a freshman,” Delaney-Smith says. “She’s an incredible athlete. For a three player, she has the height, quickness, speed, and athleticism that is a luxury at the three spot...