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...charming disregard for perspective (until it was introduced from the West in the early 18th century). Now, though, Japan's painters began to focus instead on portraying pleasure seekers. Elaborate, gold-drenched silken screens and scrolls depicted, for the first time, ordinary Japanese amusing themselves in beauty spots like Mount Fuji or inside a stately home. The exhibition's anonymous Entertainment in a Residence (1640-50) shows people making music, drinking, dancing, playing cards and reading letters amid golden clouds and elaborate foliage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living for Pleasure | 11/4/2004 | See Source »

...free weights fills the corners of the basement. Those who need group motivation should seek out the free recreational classes, which include strength training, yoga and spinning—a type of fast-paced biking that is the latest MAC sensation. And if you are less inclined to mount bikes and pump your legs for an hour straight, the volleyball and basketball courts on the top floor are an alternative...

Author: By Steven A. Mcdonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Workin' It | 11/3/2004 | See Source »

Harvard’s own pint-sized Mount Everest is located in the basement of Claverly Hall. Tackling this wall is definitely more exciting than monotonously running along the river and certainly safer than swimming in it. Also, no experience is necessary—the mats below will soften your fall...

Author: By Steven A. Mcdonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Workin' It | 11/3/2004 | See Source »

...coming from either end of the political spectrum, both candidates say they want to mount a challenge to the Democratic Party’s dominance in the area...

Author: By Jessica R. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Local Races Feature Harvard | 11/2/2004 | See Source »

...Khmer Rouge troops are forcibly evacuating Phnom Penh's residents to the countryside?an exodus that will ultimately lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands. Monitoring events from Beijing, an elderly Mao Zedong asks visiting Vietnamese leader Le Duan whether he could ever mount such a merciless purge. Le Duan shakes his head. "No," marvels Mao. "We couldn't do it either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brother Number One | 11/1/2004 | See Source »

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