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From Chairman Mao's Little Red Book of revolutionary maxims to Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: 1800-1950, by Robert H. Ellsworth (Random House; 1,049 pages; $850), is a great leap forward in our perception of this surprisingly complex and adaptable culture. Twelve years in preparation, the three-volume set contains illustrations of more than 800 pieces of art, 369 pages of color reproductions of paintings, scrolls, fans and album leaves, and hundreds of pages of calligraphy, an art form in itself. This is the largest compilation of 19th and 20th century Chinese art in the West...
Several other Harvard men placed in the top three at the meet. Chris Sullivan took second in the high jump with a leap of 6-ft., 10-in., while Nick Sweeney captured third place in the shot put with a throw of 48-ft., 8 1/2-in...
Freshman Megan Young also made a fine showing in the high jump. Young's leap of 5-ft., 2 1/2-in. tied for third place in the event...
...last twenty years, however, Intimacy and Sexuality studies have taken a huge leap forward. Even here at Harvard, which is notoriously slow to adopt new and progressive course materials, changes can be seen in the way people are dealing with their own personhood. Instead of frittering away their time with chess clubs as they may have in the 1950s, Harvard students of today are far more likely to spend their time in a sexuality discussion group, grappling with issues such as whether they prefer boys, girls, neither, or both...
Some of his stances reinforce lingering qualms that he is driven primarily by a desire to leap to the top of the ladder. Many of the causes he has embraced, like revitalizing education, are apple-pie issues that provoke little dissent. Others, such as his opposition to the colorization of Hollywood films, can be ridiculed as merely trendy. More significantly, he has edged leftward from his moderate moorings (he was a founder of the Democratic Leadership Council, a centrist group) as he plays to the liberal activists who dominate the Iowa caucuses. He has reversed his support of tuition...