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...Soeda. DAISHIN-IN: Warlord Hosokawa Masamoto built this temple in 1479 as part of the sprawling Myoshinji temple complex - a group of 47 religious buildings located just 15 minutes by train west of Kyoto station. The shukubo, tel: (81-75) 461 5714, mostly provides lodging for visiting priests but lay guests are welcome. The temple's garden, with its swirling sands and rocks, may well encourage you to extend your meditation beyond the usual morning session...
...converted the library at Johns Hopkins into a factory," Mahalanabis, now 79, recalls. "We brought in drums with side-taps, filled them up and sent them to the field. We were essentially using people to experiment on. But we were pushed to the wall. We had no choice." Using lay people to administer the treatment while health workers replenished supplies was controversial. Doctors had long assumed that, in untrained hands, rehydration solution might be prepared in the wrong concentration and kill more patients than it saved...
...Corporal Gilad Shalit. At Damilaz's funeral, militants in black T shirts fired AK-47s in the air. On a white wall, someone had sprayed the words CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FAMILY FOR THE MARTYRDOM OF DAMILAZ HAMAD. The only genuine grief was from the girl's paraplegic mother, who lay crumpled on a mattress on a dirty floor, wailing for her lost daughter. I listened to friends trying to convince the family that Allah had singled out Damilaz, instead of all the ruffians and murderers in this blighted stretch of Gaza, for an early death because her suffering was sure...
While an outsider may be able to come to understand these traditions and quirks after an ample period of immersion, Harvard’s next president will need to hit the ground running and can’t afford to survey the lay of the land for too long. Before he or she even formally takes office, the new president will need to make one of the most crucial decisions of his or her tenure by selecting a new dean of the Faculty. He or she will also be faced with the prospects of implementing a new College curriculum, jumpstarting...
...least, that was the feeling last night when the Harvard Men’s Water Polo team trekked cross-town to match up against MIT at the Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center. When the last whistle sounded and the pool lay still, the scoreboard revealed a victory for Harvard...