Word: sakes
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...meditation, calligraphy, flower arranging and vegetarian cooking. Opportunities to sample the latter, in fact, are typically the highlights of any shukubo stay. Known as shojin-ryori, this unique Buddhist cuisine is prepared by the monks using seasonal ingredients; no one minds if you whisper up a carafe of warmed sake, either. Your bill can range from $60-90 per person per night, with breakfast and dinner included. Tipping is not necessary but reservations are. A growing number of shukubo offer online-booking facilities in English - try visiting shukubo.jp/eng.
...sake of argument, that North Korea really did test a working nuclear weapon yesterday (as opposed to a smaller, cruder device, which may be just as plausible). How big a disaster would that really be? For years, intelligence estimates have said that North Korea already had the material for several nuclear bombs. Most analysts believed that it was only a matter of time before Kim went nuclear. Compared to India's nuclear test in 1998, which really did take the U.S. by surprise, North Korea's announcement was practically a foregone conclusion...
...Minuteman or Minutemen? (Or, perhaps, Two-Pump Chump?) The groups's official name is the Minuteman Project, singular, but their troops are collectively known as the Minutemen, plural. The Spec has used both, with no clear rhyme or reason, and it's time to standardize for the sake of style mavens everywhere...
...need to stop promoting this relic from the unenlightened past. Companies including Ralph Lauren, J Crew, and Forever 21 have committed to fur-free policies due to concerns over cruelty to animals, and students clearly know better than to wear the product of suffering for the sake of vanity...
...just how will you benefit from your time abroad? Of utmost importance, you will be able to learn for the sake of learning, unbridled by the fear of failure grade-wise and unintimidated by Harvard’s cutthroat, oftentimes excessively driven student populace. You will also be able to immerse yourself in a foreign culture—sans familial or major work obligations—for longer than will ever be possible again. Finally, so far removed from the stresses and rigmarole of Harvard life, you will doubtless have time to pursue far-flung interests that you would never...