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Ashikaga Yoshimasa may have been the worst of the shoguns. In his 30-year reign as Japan's supreme military commander (1443-1473), the power of the shogunate declined to a dismal low point, fracturing the empire into a patchwork of squabbling fiefdoms. Terrible famines ravaged the imperial capital of Kyoto and its surrounding provinces, and Yoshimasa did nothing to alleviate the suffering. His penchant for luxury brought the empire to the edge of financial ruin. When he finally realized that he was unfit to rule and decided to abdicate, his indecisiveness about naming a successor provoked the 10-year...
Council president Rohit Chopra ’04 said the prospect of a campus-wide facebook is a victory for students frustrated by the current patchwork of restricted House-based directories...
...pair helped hold together a patchwork offensive line continually torn apart by injuries as the season progressed...
Lured by a patchwork of brochures, a collection of multi-colored stress balls, and an extensive postering campaign, over 200 students were screened for depression in the past two days—with roughly one-third referred to counseling based on their responses...
After graduating in 1975, Stone received a phone call from Northeastern’s coach, asking if Stone would put a crew together to race the Huskies as they had an open spot in their schedule. Stone organized an eclectic boat, and the patchwork crew managed to beat Northeastern’s varsity...