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...exhibit’s informal centerpiece consists of four monumental hanging scroll paintings that depict “The Kings of Hell.” In the Buddhist tradition, the Kings of Hell controlled the fate of the dead, judging good and bad deeds and meting out horrific punishments. The scroll paintings – from China, Korea, and Japan – present these scenes of the underworld in similar fashions, evidence of a strict adherence to iconographic convention throughout East Asia. “I hope the viewer realizes that Buddhist subject matter remains the same in Asian...
...Where in hell is the bird? Where is the bird?" shouted a space engineer at Cape Canaveral. "Oh, my God!" cried a teacher from the viewing stands nearby. "Don't let happen what I think just happened." Nancy Reagan, watching television in the White House family quarters, gasped similar words. "It exploded," murmured Brian French, a senior at Concord High School in New Hampshire, as the noisy auditorium fell quiet. At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., scientists turned away from their remarkable new photographs of the distant planet Uranus and stared, stunned, at the telecast from Florida...
TIME: Before we get to the Bush tax plan, let's just observe that hell has frozen over: Microsoft pays a dividend. What in the world are we to make of that...
...That's nearly twice what a taxi would cost," I protest. He shrugs and takes a pull on his cigarette. "80 baht?" I venture. It's almost 6 p.m., and every minute wasted means another minute's worth of traffic backing up in the capital's sclerotic arteries. The hell with haggling, it's still less than $3. "Okay," I concede, "100 baht. And please, drive carefully." Wiset flicks a switch and the two-stroke engine explodes into life with a flatulent blast, filling the immediate vicinity with evil blue fumes...
IT’S A WONDERFUL AFTERLIFE. Where would you like to visit after you die? The Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ 155th spoof takes you through Heaven, Hell, and Limbo in a production of Divine Comedy proportions. Meet Rabbi Noah Fense, Nun Taken, and the Roman General Curtis Interruptus. Hilarious. Thursday, Feb. 13 through Wednesday, Mar. 19. Wednesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. (except Saturday, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.), Sundays at 3 p.m. Group discounts available. Hasty Pudding Theatre, 12 Holyoke...