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...Japanese visited the shrine of the Emperor Meiji (Hirohito's grandfather). Five hundred thousand padded to the Yasukuni Shrine, above which the souls of Japan's war dead are said to hover, and clapped hands respectfully to get the souls' attention. Amid the wooded hills of Ise, southwest of Tokyo, 360,000 worshiped at the Grand Shrines of Shintoism...
Among the worshipers at Ise, in striped trousers and cutaway, was Japan's new Premier Ichiro Hatoyama, full of the knowledge that his nationalist pronouncements had done much to stimulate Japan's search for its old look. Hatoyama is the first Prime Minister to make the pilgrimage since the Japanese surrender; he did so in defiance of Article 20 of the MacArthur constitution, which lays down that "the state and its organs shall refrain from . . . religious activity." And although Hatoyama himself is a Christian, fond of caroling hymns like The Old Rugged Cross, he solemnly reported his appointment...
Gerry finished first against providence and second in the B.U. meet, and as top Crimson runner, can be expected to give Andrew Ise, the best of Brown, a run for his money...
...disturbing the world far more profoundly than the reaction of Soviet Communism. Two hundred years ago, only a few individuals could achieve material comfort. After the industrial revolution, of a few nations could achieve it. But the techniques of mass production unleashed by the Americans 40 years ago prom ise comfort for all-and the promise is an honest one, technically redeemable. This promise runs through the world (especially through Asia) like a Pied Piper, leading men to drop ancient ways of life and follow it. But the American is not on the ground to organize the energy released...
Small 'd' democrat personally and politically in the strictest sense, Gropius is simultaneously an elegant Teuton and an acclimatized New Englander who, "feels very positive toward this country." With his second wife Ise he likes to ride horseback by the shore of Walden Pond, a stone's throw from his home. "I'm so acquainted with the Massachusetts landscape," he laughs, "I know the foxes and grouse personally." An untiring host for visiting Europeans and student disciples, he is a connoisseur of French foods and the delicate Continental wines of which there are "only imitations in this country...