Word: olden
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...Much of the credit belongs to Kyoji Doi, Suigei's toji, or sake brewmaster, a proud member of a dwindling breed. "In the olden days, the eldest sons of farmers made sake after the harvest," explains Doi, 63. He had followed his father into his vocation straight out of high school. "But my son," he says with a rueful, gap-toothed smile, "he's a salaryman...
...economic, geographical and biological, and an unlucky confluence of the three can lead to a Darwinian dead end. Herodotus already observed in the 5th century B.C. that "the cities that were formerly great, have most of them become insignificant; and such as are at present powerful, were weak in olden times...
Much of the credit belongs to Kyoji Doi, the toji, or sake brewmaster, a proud member of a dwindling breed. "In the olden days, the eldest sons of farmers made sake after the harvest," explains Doi, 63. Straight out of high school, he followed his father into his vocation. "But my son," he says with a rueful, gap-toothed smile, "he's a salaryman...
...conventional travel ends. The adventure begins on a faintly ludicrous note in New Delhi, where, at a breakfast ceremony, tourists will shed their identities and take on those of Rajput royalty. "We are going to crown them as maharajas or maharanis to give them a feel of the olden-day ceremonies," explains Leena Srivastava, director of tourism at IDMI, the firm that's bringing the concept to life. The newly appointed monarchs will then board their appropriately splendid carriage. "The interior of the aircraft will be like a palace," gushes Srivastava. Imagine opulent lounges lined with carpets, hovering attendants behind...
...much to my surprise and delight that I read Thursday’s editorial arguing against a return to those silly days of junior-varsity claims of righteousness. It seems that, finally, The Crimson has come around to recognize what many of us did back in the olden days: that the council is the only outlet for students’ day-to-day concerns at Harvard and should concentrate on these issues that directly affect its constituents, rather than serving as a forum for a few grandstanders to get their kicks by perching on their soapboxes, shaking their fists...