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...past, graduates of this school considered two options after their graduation: to preach or to profess. Today, the most coveted job in Harvard's spring recruiting is at Walt Disney Company, or second best, the NBA. For us, piety emanates not from Jerusalem, the Vatican, Mecca, Kyoto or Banares. It's Los Angeles. The celebration of banality found in Los Angeles carries over to Harvard. We throw ourselves into the gorge...
...more quickly, many lives could have been saved. Chandru Mahtani Kobe, Japan We Japanese have been obsessed with the idea of mighty technology for a long time, but finally, at the expense of thousands of lives, we now know the real name of the game is awareness. Hideaki Ukai Kyoto, Japan The true character of people is often most apparent when they are faced with adversity. In the aftermath of the Kobe quake there have been few reported cases of looting; we haven't seen the police and military guarding the possessions of those whose homes were destroyed. Compare this...
That said, it is obvious to the viewer why "Rashomon" is considered a masterpiece. The film's plot is extraordinarily simple. The frame narrative of the film, set in the 8th century, takes place at the Rashomon, the great gate of the imperial city of Kyoto, which lies in ruins. A woodcutter, a Buddhist priest and a traveler have gathered at the gate to seek shelter from torrential rain, and to pass the time they discuss a trial of a crime that took place some days before. A samurai and his wife were traveling through the woods. They were assaulted...
...trends. A common multiculturalism links us all -- call it Planet Hollywood, Planet Reebok or the United Colors of Benetton. Taxi and hotel and disco are universal terms now, but so too are karaoke and yoga and pizza. For the gourmet alone, there is tiramisu at the Burger King in Kyoto, echt angel-hair pasta in Saigon and enchiladas on every menu in Nepal...
Gorbachev launched the Green Cross last spring in Kyoto, Japan, at a meeting of the Global Forum, a gathering of lawmakers, religious leaders, activists and scientists. His intellectually adventurous speech was at times contradictory and unrealistic, but it moved far beyond the bland platitudes about "sustainable development" and "global conventions" that dominate international discussions of environmental issues. Saying things that would mean political suicide in most of the industrial world, he attacked such sacred cows as development, progress and the current definitions of material happiness...