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...introduction, the great Tokugawa-era painters Hon'ami Koetsu and Ogata Korin were but a few of the visual artists drawn to the poems. The latter illustrated one of the earliest and most famous karuta sets, as the major ukiyo-e (Floating World) artists - famed for their depictions of metropolitan life in Edo Japan - would later...
...With more than 20 million people living in the greater metropolitan area, a topography of hills and valleys that makes it difficult to get your bearings, and the hum of a city that is South America's business, design and industrial capital, Sao Paulo has never been easy to navigate. But the growing economy and higher living standards of recent years have made getting around the city increasingly difficult. More cars were sold last year than during any in history, and close to 1,000 new vehicles takes to the streets each day. The result, predictably, is chaotic congestion...
...requiring the city manager to clarify the Council’s arrangement with CHA. Founded in 1996 from a merger between the city-owned hospitals of Cambridge and Somerville, CHA is a public hospital system that provides patient care and health education at several locations in the northern Boston metropolitan area. Since its formation 12 years ago, Cambridge has provided CHA with funding, said Cambridge City Councillor Henrietta J. Davis. Currently, the City allots six million dollars to CHA annually. But Decker said that CHA has not provided adequate information about how it spends this money. Decker said that...
...just pop music that's rewiring the multiplex. New York City's Metropolitan Opera has sold 685,000 tickets to its HD performances this season, more than double what it sold last outing. Not bad, considering it's projected to sell 820,000 tickets to the opera-house performances this year. Because each show is broadcast live, says Met general manager Peter Gelb, "it makes people feel like they're part of this global opera community." Perhaps that's why the audiences are spontaneously applauding arias and standing for their favorite singers during curtain calls. The tenor can't hear...
...Apple. According to Father James O'Connor, who was acting as his chauffeur, Ratzinger sat in the front seat, the better to take in the hustle and buzz of the city. They visited the (Episcopal) Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the medievally furnished Cloisters museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. On the way to Kennedy Airport, the car stalled halfway through the Midtown Tunnel, between Manhattan and Queens. O'Connor trudged to the Queens side, where he found a mechanic--who happened to be a Jordanian Catholic, recognized the Cardinal and rushed to his aid. O'Connor recalls...